AMERICAN REVOLUTION SARATOGA CONVENTION ARMY]. A collection of 17 manuscript documents and 1 autograph letter signed, all pertaining to General Burgoyne's Army surrendered at Saratoga. Under the terms of the surrender, or convention as Burgoyne requested that it be called, the 4,991 prisoners were to march to Boston where they would be returned to England. The agreement was not finalized, however, and the Convention Army was relocated from place to place during the war, from Boston to Charlottesville, Virginia, and Frederick, Maryland. The group, which chronicles much of the army's history, includes: AD, "A List of British Prisoners [of] War taken up [by] Capt. John Catlett by Order of Col o Temple Holmes," n.p., [c. 1778]. 1 1/8 pp., folio ; AD, "List of Married Men", n.p., [c. 1778]. 3 pp., folio . Sorted by regiment; ADS, "Proposed Distribution of Waggons for the British Troops agreeable to the number allowed by Major Gen Heath on leaving Cambridge," [Cambridge], [c. 1778]. [January 1779]. 1 p., folio ; PHILLIPS, W., British General . ALS, "Colonel Carters House," [VA], 27 May 1779. 1 p., 4to . Phillips requests permission to distribute supplies to the Convention Army; AD, "Present State of the Troops of Convention in the Province of Virginia," 21 May 1780. 1 p., oblong folio ; ADS, "A List of balances due the Convention Troops from Winslow Hawkins, A.C.P. at Albemarle Barracks," 14 November 1780. 1½ pp., folio ; 3 ADsS, "Present State of the British Troops under the Convention of Saratoga," "Fredericks town," 26 December 1780, 1 and 24 February 1781. Together 3 pp., oblong folio ; ADS, "List of Light Infantry & Grenadier Companies Belonging to the Canada Regiments," "Frederick Town," 6 April 1781. 1 p., folio ; AD, "List of the Non Commissioned Officers, Drummers [and] Private Men [of the] 47th Regiment, Prisoners of War," "Frederick Town," 6 April 1781. 1 p., folio, damaged ; ADS, "Return of the Women and Children belonging to the British," "Frederick Town," 8 April 1781. 1 p., small 4to ; AD, "List of mens names of the 24 t h Regim t.," "Frederick Town," 16 April 1781. 1 p., folio ; ADS, "List of the men belonging to the 47th Regiment," [Frederick], 17 June 1781. 1 p., half-folio ; ADS, "Role of the 24th Reg t," [Frederick], 17 June 1781. 1 p., 4to ; ADS, "Return of the Canada Companies," [Frederick], 13 July 1781. 1¼ pp., folio ; 2 ADs, "Long Roll of the 20 t h Reg t of Convention," [Frederick], 13 July 1781 and n.d.. 1½ pp. folio ; ADS, "List of the Mens Names 9 t h Reg t Cap'd," [Frederick], 1781. 1 p., half-folio ; AD, "A Genl. Return of All the Prisoners at the Post of Frederick," 28 July 1782. 1 p., oblong 4to. Together eighteen items . (18)
AMERICAN REVOLUTION SARATOGA CONVENTION ARMY]. A collection of 17 manuscript documents and 1 autograph letter signed, all pertaining to General Burgoyne's Army surrendered at Saratoga. Under the terms of the surrender, or convention as Burgoyne requested that it be called, the 4,991 prisoners were to march to Boston where they would be returned to England. The agreement was not finalized, however, and the Convention Army was relocated from place to place during the war, from Boston to Charlottesville, Virginia, and Frederick, Maryland. The group, which chronicles much of the army's history, includes: AD, "A List of British Prisoners [of] War taken up [by] Capt. John Catlett by Order of Col o Temple Holmes," n.p., [c. 1778]. 1 1/8 pp., folio ; AD, "List of Married Men", n.p., [c. 1778]. 3 pp., folio . Sorted by regiment; ADS, "Proposed Distribution of Waggons for the British Troops agreeable to the number allowed by Major Gen Heath on leaving Cambridge," [Cambridge], [c. 1778]. [January 1779]. 1 p., folio ; PHILLIPS, W., British General . ALS, "Colonel Carters House," [VA], 27 May 1779. 1 p., 4to . Phillips requests permission to distribute supplies to the Convention Army; AD, "Present State of the Troops of Convention in the Province of Virginia," 21 May 1780. 1 p., oblong folio ; ADS, "A List of balances due the Convention Troops from Winslow Hawkins, A.C.P. at Albemarle Barracks," 14 November 1780. 1½ pp., folio ; 3 ADsS, "Present State of the British Troops under the Convention of Saratoga," "Fredericks town," 26 December 1780, 1 and 24 February 1781. Together 3 pp., oblong folio ; ADS, "List of Light Infantry & Grenadier Companies Belonging to the Canada Regiments," "Frederick Town," 6 April 1781. 1 p., folio ; AD, "List of the Non Commissioned Officers, Drummers [and] Private Men [of the] 47th Regiment, Prisoners of War," "Frederick Town," 6 April 1781. 1 p., folio, damaged ; ADS, "Return of the Women and Children belonging to the British," "Frederick Town," 8 April 1781. 1 p., small 4to ; AD, "List of mens names of the 24 t h Regim t.," "Frederick Town," 16 April 1781. 1 p., folio ; ADS, "List of the men belonging to the 47th Regiment," [Frederick], 17 June 1781. 1 p., half-folio ; ADS, "Role of the 24th Reg t," [Frederick], 17 June 1781. 1 p., 4to ; ADS, "Return of the Canada Companies," [Frederick], 13 July 1781. 1¼ pp., folio ; 2 ADs, "Long Roll of the 20 t h Reg t of Convention," [Frederick], 13 July 1781 and n.d.. 1½ pp. folio ; ADS, "List of the Mens Names 9 t h Reg t Cap'd," [Frederick], 1781. 1 p., half-folio ; AD, "A Genl. Return of All the Prisoners at the Post of Frederick," 28 July 1782. 1 p., oblong 4to. Together eighteen items . (18)
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