Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Preferred Citation

Robert Dinwiddie letter, 1754 July 31, Manuscript #MS 2002.7, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.

Acquisition Information

Gift, 2002.

Biographical Information

Robert Dinwiddie was a British colonial administrator who served as lieutenant governor of colonial Virginia from 1751 to 1758. Dinwiddie's actions as lieutenant governor are commonly cited as precipitating the French and Indian War. In January 1758 he left Virginia and lived in England until his death at Clifton, Bristol.

Scope and Content

A political and military letter in which Dinwiddie comments at length about the French and Indian War. He complains to Gov. DeLancey about the tardiness of his troops. Dinwiddie then comments on the Albany Plan.

Arrangement

1 item.

Index Terms

Persons:

• Delancey, James, 1703-1760
• Dinwiddie, Robert, 1693-1770

Geographical Names:

• Albany (N.Y.) -- History -- 18th Century.
• United States -- History -- French and Indian War, 1755-1763.