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    <title>British Army in America collection, 1759-1782</title>
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  <abstract>Letters and documents relating primarily to the British Army's defense of Penobscot Bay, Halifax, and Canada during the American Revolution.  Includes letters concerning the French and Indian War.  Correspondents include Sir Henry Clinton; Guy Carleton, Baron Dorchester; Sir Frederick Haldimand; William Petty, Marquis of Lansdowne; and Francis MacLean.</abstract>
  <note>Open to research.</note>
  <note>Index available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room.</note>
  <note>Collection material in English.</note>
  <note>Forms part of: Miscellaneous Manuscripts collection.</note>
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    <name type="personal">
      <namePart type="termsOfAddress">Sir</namePart>
      <namePart>Clinton, Henry</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1738?-1795</namePart>
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    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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    <name type="personal">
      <namePart type="termsOfAddress">Baron</namePart>
      <namePart>Dorchester, Guy Carleton</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1724-1808</namePart>
    </name>
    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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    <name type="personal">
      <namePart type="termsOfAddress">Sir</namePart>
      <namePart>Haldimand, Frederick</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1718-1791</namePart>
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    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="personal">
      <namePart type="termsOfAddress">Marquis of</namePart>
      <namePart>Lansdowne, William Petty</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1737-1805</namePart>
    </name>
    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>MacLean, Francis</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1717?-1781</namePart>
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    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="corporate">
      <namePart>Great Britain.</namePart>
      <namePart>Army.</namePart>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Canadian Invasion, 1775-1776</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Penobscot Expedition, 1779</topic>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>Canada</geographic>
    <topic>History</topic>
    <temporal>1755-1763</temporal>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>Halifax (N.S.)</geographic>
    <topic>History</topic>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>Maine</geographic>
    <topic>History</topic>
    <temporal>Revolution, 1775-1783</temporal>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>Nova Scotia</geographic>
    <topic>History</topic>
    <temporal>1775-1783</temporal>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>United States</geographic>
    <topic>History</topic>
    <temporal>French and Indian War, 1755-1763</temporal>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>United States</geographic>
    <topic>History</topic>
    <temporal>Revolution, 1775-1783</temporal>
    <topic>British forces</topic>
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  <accessCondition type="restrictionOnAccess">Open to research.</accessCondition>
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