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Balcarres, Alexander Lindsay, Earl of, 1752-1825 Document listing killed in action at Saratoga

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04764.73 Author/Creator: Balcarres, Alexander Lindsay, Earl of, 1752-1825 Place Written: s.l. Type: Document signed Date: 4 April 1778 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 13 cm, Width: 19.9 cm Order a Copy

Written by the Earl of Balcarres as a Lieutenant Colonel in the 24th Regiment of Foot. Note says that Brigadier General Simon Fraser was killed 7 October 1777 at Freemans Farm. Docket says "To The Major of Brigade."

Kingston, Robert M., fl. 1776-1779
Balcarres, Alexander Lindsay, Earl of, 1752-1825

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