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| | Peter Way | Soldiers of Misfortune: New England Regulars and the Fall of Oswego, 1755–1756 | The Massachusetts ... |
 | | Mercer to Shirley, 2 July 1756, LO1279/28; Return of Troops at Oswego, 27 July 1756, LO1365/28; John Littlehales, Return of the 50th Regiment from the 24 July to the 14 Aug'st 1756 both days Inclusive, 14 Aug. 1756, LO1481/34; John Barford, Return of the 51st Regiment from July 25 to August 14, 1756, LO1931/34. |
 | | In late September it was reported that 27 officers and staff, 24 sergeants, 8 drummers, and 219 rank and file of the 51st were held prisoner at Quebec, while the 50th had 32 officers and staff, 26 sergeants, 25 corporals, 9 drummers, and 248 privates captive in the same city. |
 | | Shirley to Bradstreet, 30 Aug. 1756, LO1627/37; Shirley to Loudoun, 4 Sept. 1756, LO1701/38; William Baker to Christopher Kilby, 16 Mar. 1757, LO3071/68; Shirley to Fox, Sept. 16, 1756, in Correspondence of William Shirley, 2:566–576. |
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