Records, 1777-1782.

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Records, 1777-1782.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/58772714

Records, 1777-1782, including orders, correspondence, and an enlistment roll signed by the officers and men containing the articles of the company, including a description of their uniform. Records contain discussion of guard duty and prisoners, including a 1777 command to Benson to arrest Ethan Allen for breaking parole.

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New-York Historical Society

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Allen, Ethan, 1738-1789

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Ethan Allen (1738-1789), Revolutionary War officer and Vermont leader, achieved a place in history by capturing Fort Ticonderoga in 1775. He championed Vermont's drive for statehood. Ethan Allen was a distinct type of frontier soldier. His influence on the settlers of Vermont was comparable to that of John Sevier on the inhabitants of Watauga, East Tennessee, and of Thomas Sumter on the up-country men of South Carolina. Frontier people possessed clan-like loyalties, and they looked to strong men...

Great Britain. Army. First Independent Company of New York Rangers.

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Loyalist militia unit under the command of Captain Christopher Benson, based in New York City. From the description of Records, 1777-1782. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58772714 ...

Great Britain. Army

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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...

Benson, Christopher, solicitor

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