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(TRANSPORTING THE SARATOGA CONVENTION ARMY)

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(TRANSPORTING THE SARATOGA CONVENTION ARMY)
<b>536. TRANSPORTING THE SARATOGA CONVENTION ARMY </b>Manuscript D.S. 1p. legal folio, [n.p., c. Autumn 1778], the "<i>Proposed Distribution of Waggons for the British Troops agreeable to the number allowed by Major Gen. Heath on leaving Cambridge</i>". The document lists a total of 56 wagons to be used in what we believe to be their move from Cambridge to Rutland, Vt. At bottom, the writer has added: "<i>Surgeon General Weir, with one Hospital Mate and the sick - as also Commissary Genl Clark and Lieut Nutt remain behind for a short time...</i>". After their sojourn in Vermont, the army, numbering about 5000 British and Germans, marched to Charlottesville, Va. Split horizontal folds, repaired with tape, margins chipped, otherwise very good.<b> $500-700</b>