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AMERICAN WAR
Recruiting in Ireland for the American War, 1777, manuscript receipt for men who joined Charlemont's volunteer force, Strabane 31 March 1777 / Received from William Knox Esqr....
AMERICAN WAR
Recruiting in Ireland for the American War, 1777, manuscript receipt for men who joined Charlemont's volunteer force, Strabane 31 March 1777 / Received from William Knox Esqr. from 5th March to 31st of the Same Month Ten Men for the 68th Regt. of foot / Malby Brabazon / Lieut. 68th Regt." Strabane: 1777.
The Irish parliament agreed to sending 4,000 of the troops garrisoned in Ireland to America for the war and presumably this led to a recruiting campaign. The resultant vacuum in Ireland was filled by a volunteer defence force under Charlemont which later became a pressure group for Irish liberty
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