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Volume (274 pages) of orders, regulations, and accounts of daily activities, appointments, promotions, courts-martial, etc., kept by Disney as lieutenant and adjutant in the 44th Regiment of Foot of the British Army under commanders Edward Braddock and John Campbell during the French and Indian War. Includes detailed orders relating to troop movements between New York and Halifax, Nova Scotia, and a journal relating to the siege (1757) of Fort William Henry by French and Indian forces under Rigaud de Vaudreuil. Other material relating to the siege includes records of interrogation of two French prisoners and a copy of a letter from George Bartman, aide-de-camp to Gen. Daniel Webb, to Lt. Col. George Munro stating Webb's inability to offer assistance.

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HistoryGreat BritainCorrespondenceAnglo-French War, 1755-1763Great Britain. Army. Regiment of Foot, 44th (East Essex)

Places

Nova ScotiaUnited StatesHalifax (N.S.)New York (State)Fort William Henry (N.Y.)

People

George MunroGeorge BartmanDaniel Webb (ca. 1700-1773)Edward Braddock (1695?-1755)John Campbell Loudoun Earl of (1705-1782)Louis Philippe de Rigaud Vaudreuil marquis de (1724-1802)

Times

1713-1763French and Indian War, 1754-1763

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