Samuel Ballentine military discharge and A.L.S., 1783.

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Samuel Ballentine military discharge and A.L.S., 1783.

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Discharge (Oct. 1783) at St. John, N.B., of Samuel Ballentine from the 2nd battalion, DeLancey's British American forces, signed by Lt. Col. Richard Hewlett and Maj. Gen. Augustine Prevost; together with A.L.S. from Elizabeth Ballentine to Samuel Ballentine, inquiring of his reasons for not writing and discussing family affairs.

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De Lancey, Oliver, 1718-1785

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Merchant, colonial politician and Loyalist soldier. From the description of Letter signed : New York, to Lieutenant-Governor James De Lancey, 1757 Sept. 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270537875 Archibald Hamilton and Oliver De Lancey were New York loyalists who served on the side of the British during the American Revolutionary War. Hamilton was appointed Colonel Commandant of the Queens County Militia in 1778. De Lancey commanded three battalions, collectively known as ...

Great Britain. Army. Provincial Corps. De Lancey's Volunteers

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Brigade formed September 1776, for the defense of Long Island, under the command of Oliver De Lancey; two battalions later took part in campaigns in the South, the third remained in Queens County, New York for the duration of the war; all disbanded in Nova Scotia. From the description of Orderly book, 1777-1778. (New York University). WorldCat record id: 475795742 ...

Ballentine family.

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Prévost, Augustine, approximately 1725-1786

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N.Y. resident. From the description of Papers, 1783. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 36115925 British army officer. From the description of Letter fragment of Augustine Prévost, 1777. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79450131 British general. From the description of Letter, 1779 April 10, [Savannah?], to Thomas Pinckney. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 297170252 Officer in the Royal American Regiment (60th) and ...

Hewlett, Richard, -1789

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Richard Hewlett (d.1789), of Hempstead, New York, served as a captain during the French and Indian War (1755-1763) under Colonel Oliver De Lancey. During the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783), he served again under De Lancey, this time as a Loyalist colonel for the British Army. After the war, Hewlett left New York circa 1784-1785 for Nova Scotia, where he died in 1789. Oliver De Lancey (1708-1785) was born in New York City and was the youngest son of Etienne (Steph...

Ballentine, Samuel, active 1783

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Ballantine family.

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Ballentine, Elizabeth, active 1783

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