By His Excellency Sir Henry Clinton, K.B. General and Commander in Chief of all His Majesty's Forces, within the Colonies laying on the Atlantic Ocean from Nova-Scotia to West-Florida, inclusive, &c. &c. &c. : you are hereby directed and required ... to be paid to Captain Simon Fraser ... Philadelph

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By His Excellency Sir Henry Clinton, K.B. General and Commander in Chief of all His Majesty's Forces, within the Colonies laying on the Atlantic Ocean from Nova-Scotia to West-Florida, inclusive, &c. &c. &c. : you are hereby directed and required ... to be paid to Captain Simon Fraser ... Philadelphia, the 7th day of June 1778 / by His Excellency's command, H. Clinton.

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The document on a pre-printed form directs Thomas Barrow, Deputy Paymaster-general of His Majesty's Forces, to pay Captain Simon Fraser £531.4.3 1/2 for clothing furnished for the Corps of Guides and Pioneers, as accounted by Fraser and others in May 1778. The Corps of Guides and Pioneers was part of the American-based Loyalist Forces commanded by Clinton during the American Revolution.

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Clinton, Henry, Sir, 1738?-1795

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Sir Henry Clinton was the son of Admiral George Clinton (c.1685-1761) and grandson of Sir Francis Fiennes Clinton, 6th Earl of Lincoln. His father was Governor General of Newfoundland, 1732-1741, and of New York, 1741-1751. Rather than follow his father into the navy, Sir Henry embarked on a military career. He advanced steadily through the ranks, partly assisted by the patronage of his relative, the 1st Duke of Newcastle under Lyne. By the 1770s he had reached the rank of Colonel of the 12th Fo...

Fraser, Simon, Captain.

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Whitmore was govenor of Cape Breton Island and the Island of St. John (Prince Edward Island). From the description of Receipt for wages paid for labor in the Cape Breton colliery : manuscript, 1760. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612812416 Administrative history unavailable. The University of Victoria Libraries Special Collections has a mandate to acquire military papers. From the description of Great Britain Army collection. [1800-1941]. (University o...