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| | Military Connections 1 |
 | | On the back of the letter it has a poorly-struck double-ring morning duty stamp in red for JY 6, 1814 - two days after it was dated. |
 | | The officers (such as the ones you quote) were local magnates who held or were heirs to estates and whose annual income amounted to £400 for a colonel down to £50 for an ensign. |
 | | The Wiltshire Regiment was first embodied in 1759 with 10 companies assembled at Bedwyn, Bradford upon Avon, Chippenham, Devizes, Hindon, Marlborough, Salisbury, Swindon, Warminster and Wilton. |
| www.thecore.nus.edu /landow/victorian/history/letters/butler.html (1246 words) |
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