[Boston] 23rd [January, 1775]
A Detachment consisting of . . . 100, embarked this afternoon on board The Armed Schooner Diana, and the Sloop Britannia, with 7 days provisions, thier Barrack bedding, a few necessaries, and baggage sufficient for ten or 14 days. This Detachment is under the Command of Captain Balfour of the 4th Regiment and is going to some town on the Coast not far distant.
- Diary of Frederick Mackenzie Giving a Daily Narrative of His Military Service as an Officer of the Regiment of Royal Welch Fusileers During the Years 1775-1781 in Massachusetts Rhode Island and New York (Cambridge, 1930), I, 5. In an entry two days later, he stated, "The Detachment which sailed on the 23rd Inst has landed at Marshfield," Cited hereafter as Mackenzie. See also "Boyle's Journal of Occurances in Boston, 1759-1778," New England Historical and Genealogical Register, LXXXV, 6, "Jan. 23 Application being made to General Gage by a Number of the Marshfield Tories for Troops to be stationed there, he this day ordered Drafts from the Regiments to the Number of One hundred Men to be sent thither. About 6 o'Clock in the Afternoon they embarked on board a sloop, and sailed (accompanied by an Armed Schooner) for Marshfield. Capt. Belfour of the 4th. Regt. has the Command."
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Document Details
Date:
All Places
- Boston (Mass.)
Ships
- Diana (Royal Navy schooner)
Volume:
Volume 1
Series:
American Theatre from December 1, 1774, to May 20, 1775
Page Number:
70