Their marched of 3
Hundred of the Bay Force1 for Fort Edward2 and I received
my abilitan in full £1.8s.0d.
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1 Massachusetts Bay troops. The Massachusetts
colony was called Massachusetts Bay until after the War for
Independence.
2 Fort Edward was situated upon the east bank
of the Hudson, about fifty miles north from Albany.
SOURCE: Abraham
Tomlinson, Editor, The Military Journals
of Two Private Soldiers, 1758-1775, pp. 14-5
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