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Officers to be employed under Lord Cathcart in West Indies
List of officers named for the expedition to the West Indies includes Major-General Alexander Spotswood with his aide, three brigadiers, several majors of brigade, quartermaster general, adjutant general, judge advocate, secretary, chaplain, physicians, surgeons, and other staff. Contemporary letters report Spanish prisoners at Portchester Castle, weather and crop reports, ships ordered to sail to Ireland coast, and deliveries related to military provisioning and public works. Other items include baptisms, obituaries, ship movements, and political intelligence from Vienna and Cadiz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Cathcart
West- Indies
Charles Whiteford
John Sewart Elgis
Alexander Spotswood
Thomas Wentworth
John Guife
William Eilkeney
Anthony Harmon
William Rufane
Nam’d
Edward Wolf
James Abercrombie
Hugh Whiteford
John Lowcock
George Martin
Thomas Malice
Pwo
George Colquhoun
Joseph Darby
James Pitcher
Eig
David Gampbell
Provo Marshal
John Cavalier
Portsmouth
Porchester
Anfon
Ordée
Princesstreet
St. Ann’s Soho
Elizabeth Pins
Wilfdon
Princess Royal
Hasid
Deptford
Porymabone
Jone
Oates
Cadiz
Pembroke
Sale
Admiral Haddock
Gd Iaft
Advize
Toulon
Wardan
Atina Maria
Janssen
London
Leghorn
Bolland
Hanover
England
Canary’ Islands
Clavijo
Secur
Spot= wood
Virginia
North America
Vienna
France
Great Britain
Britannick
Germany
Pinflis
Great Briteil
Teddsylak
Stoke Dabernonia
Surrey
Clagrickars
Vincent
Si Henry Vincent
Bae
George Babe