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Collection Reference Number GLC01450.023.15
From Archive Folder Collection of letters of British soldier Charles Irvine to his brother 
Title Charles Irvine to Alexander Irvine on social news [incomplete]
Date 15 January 1783
Author Irvine, Charles (1756-1819)  
Recipient Irvine, Alexander  
Document Type Correspondence; Military document
Content Description Written to his brother in Aberdeen, Scotland. Encloses a letter from another soldier to his brother who is also in Scotland and asks Alexander to forward it on. Remarks that he has not heard from any of his friends in Scotland for awhile. States that nothing worth mentioning has happened. Gives love to family and friends. Charles Irvine was a soldier in the British army during the Revolutionary War. Both pages have pieces with some text missing from the right edge of the letter.
Subjects Revolutionary War  Military History  Global History and Civics  Soldier's Letter  
People Irvine, Charles (1756-1819)  Irvine, Alexander (1754-1844)  
Place written York Island, New York
Theme The American Revolution; Children & Family
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Additional Information Charles Irvine served in the British Army for fifteen years before going on half pay. But he soon returned, and eventually rose to the rank of major general. Alexander Irvine was the Eighteenth Laird of Drum. He was involved in a number of financial squabbles during his early life.
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859