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Title
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Majr. Brigade Browns Receipt for his pay to the 14th Decr...
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Place of Origin
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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
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Date
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1772-12-17
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Series Heading
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M215. Great Britain. Army. 70th Regiment. Paymaster.
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Geography
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Great Britain, Saint Thomas (United States Virgin Islands)
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Subject
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Great Britain. Army. 70th Regiment -- Pay allowances, etc. -- Early works to 1800, Garifuna (Caribbean people) -- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines -- Saint Vincent -- Early works to 1800, Slave insurrections -- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines -- Saint Vincent, West Indies -- History
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Notes
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Majr. Brigade Browns Receipt for his pay to the 14th Decr. ..."Received from His Excellency General Leyborne..." signed "G Hewett."Relates to the 70th Regiment on service to suppress the Carib rebellion.On George Hewett see 1772 Army List, p. 125, and Hugh W. Pearse, History of the 31st Foot Huntingdonshire Regt. 70th Foot Surrey Regt. Subsequently 1st and 2d Battalions The East Surrey Regiment, London, 1916, vol. 1, pp. 245-246. Hewett was "Major of Brigade", James Bruce was major of the regiment., Original digital object name: bei-m215, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.
