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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC08202 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1778 |
| Title | George Germain Sackville to the King's Commissioners regarding a memorial petition from the merchants of South Carolina and Georgia |
| Date | 28 November 1778 |
| Author | Sackville, George Germain, Viscount (1716-1785) |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Responding to a memorial petition from the merchants of South Carolina and Georgia and contemplating a British attack on Georgia. Asks the king's (King George III) commissioners to use their judgment on how much of the memorial to comply with. Marked "duplicate" and "separate" on upper right hand corner of first page and docket. Sackville, 1st Viscount Sackville, was a British soldier and politician who was Secretary of State for America in Lord North's cabinet during the American Revolution. |
| Subjects | Revolutionary War Military History Petition Global History and Civics Foreign Affairs Loyalist Merchants and Trade |
| People | Sackville, George Germain, Viscount (1716-1785) |
| Place written | Whitehall, London, England |
| Theme | The American Revolution; Merchants & Commerce; Foreign Affairs |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |