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writing a letter to Lord North upon the subject (copy of 

 which is enclosed) and made personal applications to 

 General Conway, Lord Sheffield, and other gentlemen of 

 the House of Commons, who assisted in bringing the busi- 

 ness forward. 



1 1 then, at Lord North's desire, set about to prepare esti- 

 mates of the expense of half-pay for the provincial officers 

 with other information relative to that matter, copies of 

 which I put into the hands of General Conway and Lord 

 Sheffield, who both interested themselves very warmly in 

 our behalf. 



' Enclosed I have the honour to transmit to your Excel- 

 lency for your information copies of all the papers I took 

 the liberty of laying before Lord North. I earnestly hope 

 they will meet with your approbation, but if I have made 

 any mistakes, your Excellency, being folly acquainted with 

 what I have done, will have it in your power to rectify 

 them. 



' The paper No. 1 contains copies of all the letters between, 

 the Secretary of State and the Commander-in-Chief in 

 North America relative the provincial corps ; to which are 

 added a few observations and a copy of the memorial of 

 commanding officers of provincial regiments. No. 2 is a 

 list of the provincial corps in North America, which was 

 made out from your Excellency's return of the army under 

 your command, dated New York, April 11, 1783. The 

 establishment of the officers of the different corps were 

 taken principally from the printed list of the provincial 

 army published at New York this year. Your Excellency 

 will observe that in this list, as well as in the list No. 3, 

 there is a colonel and a lieutenant-colonel put down to 

 the King's American Dragoons. This was done with the 

 knowledge and consent of Lord North and General Conway, 

 and upon this ground : Being disappointed of getting my 

 regiment put upon the British establishment, I took the 

 liberty of soliciting the rank of Colonel of the King's 

 American Dragoons, and that Major Murray might be pro- 



