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BURGOYNE`S CONVENTION ARMY D.S.

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BURGOYNE`S CONVENTION ARMY D.S.
<b>37. BURGOYNE'S CONVENTION ARMY </b>Manuscript D.S. 1p. legal folio., [n.p.] 1781, a "<i>List of the Mens Names, 9th. Reg...</i>" a muster roll listing forty-one men of the 9th. Regiment who were commanded by Brig. Gen. James Hamilton during the Saratoga Campaign. Of the forty-one men listed three are listed as "<i>Deserted</i>", all on April 7, and one as "<i>Sick in Hospital</i>". More interestingly, seventeen of the men are also listed as having their wives with them. Signed by Sgt. Major Richard Connor at bottom. Usual folds, bottom and top margins a bit ragged, otherwise very good.<b> $500-600</b>