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K004 - Records of the Legge family of Sandwell and Patshull, Barons Dartmouth, Earls of Dartmouth
- D(W)1778 - Papers of the Legge Family, Earls of Dartmouth
  - II - American Papers

Located At	Staffordshire Record Office
Level	Item
Doc Ref No	D(W)1778/II/427
Title	Lord Scarsdale to [Lord Dartmouth], Kidleston
Date	6 Oct 1772
Description	With Lord Dartmouth's answer dated Sandwell 12 Oct promising to take the request into consideration Enclosures, Captain Henry Basset to Lord [Scarsdale], 1 May 1772, Quebec, sets out for Detroit on the 5th instant, to command the Fort and garrison there, desires to be appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Detroit Captain Henry Basset to Lord [Scarsdale], Detroit, 29 Jun 1772, entreats his Lordship to influence the Secretary of State to make him Lieutenant-Governor of this place, arrived here with the troops under his command on the 23rd instant, on the way met an Indian trader who had just brought in the scalps of eight Indians, a Governor is much needed as there are no regular police, mentions seeds he sent his Lordship last year
Extent	6 pages