British headquarters (Sir Guy Carleton) papers, 1747 (1777)-1783
Contributors: Dorchester, Guy Carleton, Baron, 1724-1808; Washington, George, 1732-1799; Royal Institution of Great Britain
Publisher: Photographed by Microfilming service, Recordak Corp.
Published: 1957
Place of publication: Washington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 107
Subjects: Sources; History; British forces
Other titles: Sir Guy Carleton papers.; Carleton papers.; Dorchester papers.; Report on American manuscripts in the Royal Institution of Great Britain.
Description: These papers consist chiefly of the correspondence of Sir Guy Carleton although volumes 1-34 contain copies of letters received and sent by the previous commanders-in-chief. Included in the collection are 69 letters of George Washington concerning the New York campaign around Albany and Saratoga.
Notes: "A complete set of positive photostats remains in the possession of Colonial Williamsburg, and this microfilm has been photographed from them."--frame 2.

"The American manuscripts preserved at the Royal Institution, London, sometimes spoken of as the Carleton or Dorchester papers, are briefly, the headquarters papers of the successive British commanders in chief in the American war of independence."-- Introd., v. 1, Calendar.