NAM.1974-01-102

Inventory description: Typescript transcripts of 14 letters dated 22 Feb 1798 to 10 Sep 1806; letters concern the request by Maj Gen Simcoe for the transfer to his possession of two Spanish 4 pounder brass cannon (1747) captured on the island of St. Domingo; correspondence includes an appeal to George III, through the Duke of York, for the gift of the cannon and details of their shipment to England; the cannon and original documents are the property of Leatherhead Urban District Council.