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Unknown Proposal for an establishment for the detachment in the island of Rattan upon major general Wentworth's memorial to the duke of Newcastle

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01450.556.01 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document Date: 1742 Pagination: 3 p. : docket ; 37 x 24 cm. Order a Copy

Lists the expenses that would be entailed by a proposed regiment in the American colonies and says there is enough surplus in the American military budget to create this regiment.

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