Item
Duplicate of SP 41/41/56
Catalogue reference: SP 41/41/65
Date: 1746
Duplicate of SP 41/41/56
Item
Memorial of Lieutenant Christopher Aldridge (24 years service) petitioning the Duke...
Catalogue reference: SP 41/16/91
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- 1745 Aug 20
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Memorial of Lieutenant Christopher Aldridge (24 years service) petitioning the Duke of Newcastle for a captaincy in one of the regiments formed for the defence of Louisbough [Louisbourg] Cape Breton). Having been obliged to build a house for himself and his family at a cost of £300 sterling, it was burnt by the enemy [the French and their Micmac allies].
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