Physical Description:
109 leaves, 19.5 cm, bound volume. Notes:
A fair copy of a journal kept by an unnamed officer of the 47th
Regiment of Foot, probably of Major Acland's Grenadier Battalion,
from April 19, 1775 through October of 1777. The journal covers the
battles of Lexington and Concord (ff. 1-5), the siege of Boston
(ff. 5- 23), and Burgoyne's invasion and the Saratoga Campaign,(ff.
23 -- 101), including the articles of surrender at Saratoga. The
text comprises daily entries, copies of general orders, various
returns and other regimental records, and routes from Saratoga to
Cambrdige, Mass. and Charlottesville, Va. Also included are "Return
of the Killed and wounded and Prisoners of the Army under the
Command of His Excellency Lieutenant General Burgoyne in the course
of the Campaign" (ff. 80 v. -- 87), "Return of the British Troops
under the command of His Excellency Leiutenant General Burgoyne
Camp at Saratoga. October 16, anno 1777," and the "Return of the
Army of the United States of America Commanded by Major General
Gates. Camp at Saratoga, Oct. 16, anno Domini 1777," (ff. 88-90),
copies of various general orders of Burgoyne's command of issued
from July 19 to June 1777, and an incomplete account of Lady
Harriet Acland's ordeal, evidently taken from Burgoyne's memoirs
(ff. 103-109 v.) The copy was probably created in the late 1780s or
early 1790s. Owner's signature, in a hand different from the main
text, on the front and back inner covers: "Richard Pope, Sion
Hill," and "R. Pope, G. Pope." Two leaves in the beginning of the
manuscript and 18 leaves at the end are missing. The portion of the
manuscript dealing with the battles of Lexington and Concord was
published by Harold Murdock in: Late news of the excursion and
ravages of the king's troops on the nineteenth of April, 1775
(Massachusetts-bay ; Cambridge : Printed by the press at Harvard
college for the Club of odd volumes, 1927), pp. 27-32. Biographical Note:
The 47th Regiment of Foot was formed in 1741, as Sir John
Mordaunt's Regiment of Foot, later (1743), Peregrine Lascelles'
Regiment of Foot; designated the 47th Regiment of Foot in July
1751, and, 47th Regiment of Foot, in 1782. The regiment arrived to
New Jersey in 1773, and in October 1774 was sent to Boston to join
the forces of Thomas Gage. In March of 1776, it became part of John
Burgoyne's troops in Quebec, and on Oct. 17, surrendered at
Saratoga. For the remainder of the war it was interned at
Cambridge, Mass, Rutland, Mass, Charlottesville, Va., and then
Lancaster, Pa. Subjects:
Acland, Christina Harriet Caroline Fox, Lady, 1750-1815. ; Acland,
John Dyke, d. 1778. ; Burgoyne, John, 1722-1792. ; Gage, Thomas,
1721-1787. ; Great Britain. Army. Regiment of Foot, 47th
(Lancashire) ; Burgoyne's Invasion, 1777 -- Sources. ; Concord,
Battle of, Concord, Mass., 1775 -- Sources. ; Lexington, Battle of,
Lexington, Mass., 1775 -- Sources. ; Saratoga Campaign, N.Y., 1777
-- Sources. ; Boston (Mass.) -- History -- Siege, 1775-1776 --
Sources. ; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 --
British forces -- Sources. Form/Genre:
Journals (accounts) Great Britain 18th century. (aat) ; Military
records Great Britain 18th century. (aat) Physical Collection:
Orderly Books of the American Revolution.
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