Bayard, John (1751-1804) to George Dawson
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01450.610.02 Author/Creator: Bayard, John (1751-1804) Place Written: Halifax, Nova Scotia Type: Letter Date: 25 August 1780 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 32.1 x 40.8 cm. Order a Copy
Authorizes George Dawson to raise a company of men in Halifax to serve under Lieutenant Colonel Commandant Bayard. Indicates that the troops are needed to serve the Crown during the American Revolution. Informs Dawson that after he successfully recruits the men, he will be appointed captain. Marked a copy. Docket notes that the original document dates to May 20, 1780.
Colonel John Bayard, along with his brother Major Samuel V. Bayard, raised the King's Orange Rangers, a loyalist regiment, raised chiefly in Orange County, New York. The corps left New York for Halifax in late 1778, and performed garrison duty there until the end of the Revolutionary War.
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