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[Certification of arrival of recruits]

Written in a secretarial hand for Major Ogilvie, commander of the 4th Regiment of Foot. Cosigned by Major Robert Kingston. Certifies that John Torrance and Charles Handley were received from the 9th Regiment of Foot.

GLC04764.31

[Certification of arrival of recruits]

"A true Copy" made by Captain Edward Foy, Adjunct General in Canada. Lieutenant Colonel H. Calder of the 49th Regiment of Foot was certifying that nine soldiers from the 8th Regiment and three from the 47th Regiment have joined his regiment.

GLC04764.32

[Certification of arrival of recruits]

Written in secretarial hand and signed by "R.M. Liroth" and marked "May 6th." Certifies that 64th Regiment of Foot received Derby Eaden as a recruit from the 20th Regiment of Foot.

GLC04764.33

to Sir Guy Carleton

Clerical copy of an excerpt of a Townshend letter dated 6 March 1777. Townshend was Master General of the Board of Ordinance in England. Written to Carleton, the British General and Governor of Canada. Postmarked from Portman Square, in Westminster...

GLC04764.34

to unknown

Written by Fraser, a Brigadier General and commander of Burgoyne's's elite Advance Corps in the Saratoga Campaign. Recipient is unknown, but might be Robert Kingston, a staff officer of General John Burgoyne. Says a few days previously, the General...

GLC04764.35

[Documents pretaining to pay for drivers and horses during Saratoga Campaign]

Document signed by Major General Phillips, after the Battle of Saratoga. Certifies the account that 1020 pounds of Halifax currency is due to Jacob Jordan for the use of 400 horses and 200 drivers to pull his artillery during the campaign around...

GLC04764.36

State of Effectives under the command of Lieutenant General Burgoyne 12th Octr., 77

Lists troops totals under General Burgoyne at the end of the Saratoga Campaign. Divided into 4 categories, exclusive of artillery: those fit for service, those on guard duty, officers servants, and scouting rangers. Further subdivided between British...

GLC04764.37

[Account for payment]

Captain Money says he received slightly over 41 pounds sterling from David Geddes, acting paymaster for General John Burgoyne after the defeat at the Battle of Saratoga. Says the money is for the late Sir Francis Clarke, the former aide-de-camp to...

GLC04764.38

Objections, by the 24th Regt.

List of two objections the 24th Regiment of Foot had against the Articles of Convention that delineated the terms of surrender of the British Army after its defeat in the Battle of Saratoga. Seems to be written in the months after the battle at...

GLC04764.39

[Objections of officers of the 20th Regiment to conditions under the Articles of Convention]

Document by the Captains, Subalterns, and staff of the 20th Regiment of Foot asserts that the Americans need to follow through on the stipulations in the Articles of Convention, which delineated the conditions of surrender after the Battle of...

GLC04764.40