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(SARATOGA PRISONERS): Manuscript D.S. 2pp. legal folio, [n.p., n.d., 1781, likely Frederick Count...

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(SARATOGA PRISONERS): Manuscript D.S. 2pp. legal folio, [n.p., n.d., 1781, likely Frederick Count...
(SARATOGA PRISONERS): Manuscript D.S. 2pp. legal folio, [n.p., n.d., 1781, likely Frederick County, Maryland] entitled "A List of British prisoners [of] War taken up Capt. John Callett by Order of Colo. Joseph Holmes" listing the names of thirty-five British prisoners of war and to the individual unit to which they had been assigned. In 1779 a large portion of the "Convention Army" was marched to Virginia. However in 1781, with the British threatening Virginia, most of the prisoners were moved to Frederick, Maryland where there were virtually no facilities in which to house them. Officers were quartered in private homes while many of the enlisted men found themselves staying in the local poorhouse. Usual folds, rough margins, otherwise very good. $500-700