Charles Swift Riché Hildeburn collection of documents related to the British Army in North America
A miscellaneous collection of documents, copies, and abstracts collected by or made for Hildeburn and organized to reflect some of the activities of the British Army in North America. Included are an account of liquor given Indians, 1765-1766; subsistence records for officers in New York, 1771; r...
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Collection: | Charles Swift Riché Hildeburn Collection of Documents Related To the British Army in North America |
Collection Number: | Am.6093folio |
Format: | Manuscript |
Language: | English |
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1.5 Linear feet 1.5 linear feet, 70 items, 1 volume |
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A miscellaneous collection of documents, copies, and abstracts collected by or made for Hildeburn and organized to reflect some of the activities of the British Army in North America.
Included are an account of liquor given Indians, 1765-1766; subsistence records for officers in New York, 1771; returns of prisoners taken by the Americans, 1775-1777; paroles issued to British officers, 1775-1777; as well as copies and abstracts made for the collector from British Army records. Included, too, are some early references to the fur trade in western Pennsylvania, 1767-1768. |