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to William Heath

An indigent letter written by General Burgoyne as commander of captured British Convention Army to General Heath as American commander of the district where the Convention Army is located. Marked "No. 45." Burgoyne has made multiple corrections and...

GLC04764.53

[List of documents sent to General William Heath]

List of documents that were inserted in General John Burgoyne's letter to General William Heath (see GLC04764.53). Burgoyne, as commander of the captured British Convention Army was sending documents to deal with complaints registered by Heath as the...

GLC04764.54

to John Burgoyne

Written by General Heath as commander of the district where the captured British Convention Army was being held to General Burgoyne as Convention Army commander. Says it appears likely the transports will soon arrive to take the Convention soldiers...

GLC04764.55

[Queries to the court of inquiry]

List of five questions a secretary or staff officer wrote down for General John Burgoyne, commander of the captured British Convention Army, for a court of inquiry against American Colonel David Henley, commander of the Prospect Hill barracks accused...

GLC04764.56

[Copy of report from court of inquiry ordering a court martial]

Written by Keith as Deputy Adjunct General to General William Heath. Copy of an extract of the report on court of inquiry on allegations of murder and misconduct against British troops by Colonel David Henley, American commander of the Prospect Hill...

GLC04764.57

to John Burgoyne

Written by General Heath as commander of the district where the captured British Convention Army was situated to General Burgoyne as commander of the Convention Army. References Burgoyne's's letter of 17 January 1778. Says all accounts must be...

GLC04764.58

to William Heath

Written by General Burgoyne as commander of the captured British Convention Army to General Heath as American commander of the district where the Convention Army is situated. This is a clerical copy created by someone on Heath's staff. Marked at the...

GLC04764.59

to John Burgoyne

Written by General Heath as American commander of the district where the captured British Convention Army was situated to General Burgoyne as commander of the Convention Army. References Burgoyne's letter of 24 January 1778. Apologizes for tardy...

GLC04764.60

Extract from General Orders

Written by Keith as Deputy Adjunct General. Says there have been complaints of captured British Convention Army officers playing billiards at a house in the center of Cambridge at late hours. Says General William Heath, commander of the district...

GLC04764.61

to William Tudor

Written by Burgoyne as commander of the captured British Convention Army to Tudor as the Judge Advocate of the court martial of Colonel David Henley, the former head of the Prospect Hill barracks accused of murder and mistreatment of British troops...

GLC04764.63

[Certification of contract of British Army with Jacob Jordan]

Written in secretarial hand for British Major General William Phillips, commander of the Royal Artillery in Canada. Certifies the terms and conditions of the contract made with Jacob Jordan of Montreal. This document was to back up the certificate...

GLC04764.64

[Receipt for expenses]

Written by Pollard as aide-de-camp to General William Heath. Receipt for 55 pounds, 3 shillings "on acct of expenses for the Troops of the Convention." Pollard was on the staff of Heath, the American commander of the district where the captured...

GLC04764.65

to John Burgoyne

Written by Brigadier General Glover as President of the court of inquiry that was investigating the allegations against Colonel David Henley, former commander of the Prospect Hill barracks where many of the captured British Convention Army troops...

GLC04764.66

to John Burgoyne

Written by Captain Brathwait of the ship Centurion in Cape Cod Harbor. Tells Burgoyne that he has arrived with orders of General Sir William Howe for the Men of War and transports with provisions on board them to return to Rhode Island. Says he will...

GLC04764.67

to Robert Kingston

Written by Colonel Henley, former commander of Prospect Hill barracks about to be tried for a court martial for allegations of mistreatment of British troops and murder to Lieutenant Colonel Kingston, a staff officer to General John Burgoyne. This...

GLC04764.68

to David Henley

Written by Lieutenant Colonel Kingston as a staff officer to General John Burgoyne to Colonel Henley, former commander of the Prospect Hill barracks, under court martial for allegations of murder and mistreatment of British soldiers. In response to...

GLC04764.69

[Recepit for payment for escaping from the enemy and bringing two deserters]

Recepit that says Wilkins received 4 pounds, 4 shillings from Lieutenant Colonel Robert Kingston, a staff officer of General John Burgoyne, for escaping from the enemy and "bringing off two deserters."

GLC04764.70

to [David Henley]

Written by General Phillips as an officer under General John Burgoyne to Colonel Henley, former commander of the Prospect Hill barracks where many of the captured Convention troops were situated. Henley was brought before a court martial due to...

GLC04764.71

to Charles Jenkinson, 1st Earl of Liverpool

Memorial written by Major General Phillips, as commander fo the captured British Convention Army (he took control when John Burgoyne returned to Britain in April 1778) to Jenkinson as Secretary of War in Lord North's ministry in London. States that...

GLC04764.76

to Captain Ross

Written by Kingston as a staff officer to General John Burgoyne. Kingston wrote this somewhere in Britain, where he returned with Burgoyne in April 1778. Requests action on his "particular exchange" as a prisoner of war. Mentions that he could be...

GLC04764.77

to unknown

Hunt is writing to an unknown recipient. Sends it to "My Dearest Friend." The index prepared for this collection suggests it could be to General John Burgoyne. It could also have been sent to Robert Kingston. It is impossible to tell. Year inferred...

GLC04764.78

[Fragment of check]

Fragment of a check from what appears to be activity related to the Saratoga Campaign. Mentions "Please to Pay to" and then cuts off. Also mentions "Genl. Burgoyne" as well as somebody or something in Colonel Aldens Regiment. Partial tear down the...

GLC04764.79

to John Burgoyne

Fragment of a letter written by Brigadier General Henry Watson Powell to General Burgoyne. Watson served under Burgoyne as commander of the 2nd Brigade during the Saratoga Campaign. This fragment is simply the closing of the letter. Says: "Carpenters...

GLC04764.80

[Note on a missionary]

Index says the note is in General Burgoyne's hand. Initialed "JB" at the top. Says: "To be attended to: Joshua Wingate Weeks of Marblehead Missionary from the Society for propagat[ing] the gospel -" Weeks was a Royalist Anglican minister kicked out...

GLC04764.81

[Accounts during Saratoga Campaign according to David Geddes]

Created by Geddes as acting paymaster under British General John Burgoyne. This was written after the British defeat at Saratoga in October 1777. Document is divided into two sides, one side which marks expenditures by officers under Burgoyne and...

GLC04764.82