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Carleton papers: PRO 30/55
Catalogue reference: PRO 57/172
Date: 1957-1958
Carleton papers: PRO 30/55
Item
3399. Lieutenant-Colonel John Campbell to Clinton. A letter from Fort George in Penobscot...
Catalogue reference: PRO 30/55/28/94
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This record is about the 3399. Lieutenant-Colonel John Campbell to Clinton. A letter from Fort George in Penobscot... dating from 1781 Mar 15 in the series Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester: Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- PRO 30/55/28/94
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- 1781 Mar 15
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3399. Lieutenant-Colonel John Campbell to Clinton. A letter from Fort George in Penobscot stating that a letter received from the Duke of Argyle relating to Captain Alexander Campbell recovered from illness and was fit to resume duty. A party of King's Rangers, under the command of Lieutenant Stockton, landed near the Georges River and marched to Thomastown, then attacked a house containing the rebel Brigadier-General Wadsworth, who was taken prisoner along with six of his men, for the cost of three wounded, one of which died. Proposed a promotion to fill an untaken lieutenancy, and that of an ensign. Inhabitants of the county persuading the soldiery to desert so request that the regiment be relieved duty in area.
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PRO 30/55
Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester: Papers
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