Eyre Massey Military Archive - Pre & During American Revolution in Canada
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Eyre Massey Military Archive - Pre & During American Revolution in Canada
A small archive related to Eyre Massey, 1st Baron Clarina, and his military service in Canada leading up to and during the American Revolution. The lot includes three signed documents, dating from 1766 to 1775, and tracks Massey's career from Colonel to Brigadier General. With Expected folds and wear, with some separations and small tears at the folds. Light toning and soiling throughout.
Includes:
1. Account of Subsistence Signed "Eyre Massey Colo." 1p, measuring 8" x 12.75", n.p. [Quebec], dated ca. February to April 1767. An account of the rations for Her Majesty's 27th or Inniskilling Regiment of Foot, commanded by Lieutenant General Hugh Warburton, totaling £692.7.6 for eighteen sergeants, eighteen colonels, nine drummers, and 386 privates.
2. Account of Expenses Signed "Eyre Massey Lieut Colo." 1p, measuring 8" x 14.5", n.p. [Quebec], dated ca. June to December 1766. An account for Her Majesty's 27th or Inniskilling Regiment of Foot, incurred by marches ordered between Montreal, Three Rivers, and Quebec, during the period listed. Totaling £8.13.
3. A Contingent Account of the Garrison of Halifax Signed "Eyre Massey Brig Genl." 1p, measuring 8" x 9.5", Halifax, dated ca. December 24, 1775. A voucher, totaling £191.3.8, for expenses incurred by the garrison, including rents for land and storage, stationary, repairs to boats, postage, and money spent apprehending deserters.
Eyre Massey, 1st Baron Clarina (1719-1804), was an Anglo-Irish British army officer, known best for his successful leadership at the Battle of La Belle-Famille during the French and Indian War when he routed a far superior enemy and captured all but one French officer prisoner. After the war, Massey commanded the 27th Inniskilling in New York and Quebec from 1763 to 1769, before returning to Ireland. He returned to North America in 1776 when he was deployed to Nova Scotia as a Major-General, and commanded the troops in Halifax for four years.
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