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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC04783 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1775 |
| Title | George Sackville Germain to William Eden discussing a potential American revolution |
| Date | 7 October 1775 |
| Author | Germain, George Sackville, Viscount Sackville (1716-1785) |
| Recipient | Eden, William |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Written a month before Germain became Secretary of State for the Colonies to Eden as Deputy Secretary of State for the Northern Department. Recipient was a inferred by Donald Londahl-Smidt. See collateral file for full explanation. References Eden's letter (collateral file says it was 3 October 1775). Says he is happy with the draft of a speech Eden has prepared. Says New York might have been kept as Loyalist if it was attended to properly. States "I always wish'd that the whole power of the State should be Exerted, that one campaign might decide whether the American provinces were to be subject to Great Britain, or free states." Says the use of foreign troops might be objected to, but says that Britain's population cannot provide the number of troops and sailors it needs otherwise. Is pleased about Lord North's approbation, but says he is too old to take a post in America. |
| Subjects | Revolutionary War Global History and Civics Foreign Affairs Loyalist Government and Civics Hessians Navy Military History |
| People | Germain, George Sackville, Viscount Sackville (1716-1785) |
| Place written | Drayton, England |
| Theme | The American Revolution; Government & Politics; 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 |