This Day in 17LD History - 1775

"War Office 8th December 1775

Sir

I herewith return to you the several Invoices of Medicines and Materials which have been furnished for the use of the Forces ordered abroad; as also for the Hospitals and Garrisons mentioned in the Margin hereof, during the course of the present year; and to acquaint you that His Majesty approves of what you have done.

I am Sir &c.

BABRINGTON

Apothecary General"

[In Margin:]  17th. Regt. Light Dragoons

35th. 49th. 63d. 22d. 40th. 44th. 45th. 15th. 37th. 53d. 54th. 57th. 17th. 27th. 55th. 28th. 46th. & 33d. Regts. of Foot Augmentation to 51st & 61st Regiments of Foot Hospitals at Senegal, Boston, Grenada, Dominica, St Vincent, Tobago 14th Foot at St. Augustin, Garrison of Gibraltar.

(SOURCE:   Great Britain, Public Record Office, War Office, Class 4, Volume 95, Page 185)

Today in 17LD History - 1779

17^th LD

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War Office 3 Dec. 1779

Gentlemen –

Lord Barrington, my preceptor in the War Office, having approved of the Sum of Eighty Guinees to be allowed to Colonel Ainslie for his trouble, of the Sixpence he was just to in superintending the artillery and remount horses of the  17^th Regiment of Light dragoons at Fortsmouth in the year 1776. I am to  desire you will be pleased to pay the Sum of Eighty Guinees to Colonel Ainslie, and charge the same against any account that many remain as present unsettled of the 17^th Regiment of Light Dragoons.

                                                            I am Gent

                                                                        Mefs.

                                                                                    C. Jenkinson

This Day in 17LD History - 1775

Methods proposed by the following Corps for supplying their officers with Camp Equipage, and their men with necessaries for the ensuing Campaign

Boston 29th, November 1775

Regiments                 Camp Equipage for Officers

17 Drags                     Provided                                    

Necessaries for the Men

Captain Nedham who is gone to England is to provide them

[Microfilm Collection of the David Library. Film 19, Reel 1. WO 36/03]

Page 12.

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Return of Drivers, Horses & Wagons furnished by Brigadier General William Dalrymple Quarter Master General to the Army in North America in the District of New York by order of His Excellency the Commander in Chief for the General & Staff Officers and several Corps of the Army Between the 1st of October & 31st December 1780 inclusive.

Distribution                                        Drivers            Horses            Wagons

17^th Regiment Light Dragoons                   17                    14                         7

[Microfilm Collection of the David Library. Film 19, Reel 1. WO 36/03]

Page 50.

This Day in 17LD History - 1775

"War Office 28th. Novemr. 1775

Sir,

It having  been judged highly reasonable and fit  that  the Clothing & Accoutrements necessary for Regiments paid by Ireland, but employed on Service out of that Kingdom, shall be provided in Ireland, and exported from thence, I am to acquaint you therewith for the Information of the Board of General Officers appointed to inspect  the Clothing &ca, and to signify to you it is H.  M.  P. that  although  Patterns   may not have been  exhibited,  nor  the Clothing viewed here for Regiments under the Circumstances  above stated,  the Assignment of the Offreckonings arising here on  the Established Numbers of such Corps, be passed & allowed,  notwith­standing any former directions to the contrary.

The Regiments at present in this Situation are  as  follows Vizt.

17th Regiment of Light Dragoons,  

15th. 37th. 45th. 49th. 61st. 63d. Regiments of Foot. 

I shall inform you of the Regiments concerned when any Alterations occur.

I am Sir &c

 BARRINGTON

Thomas Fauquier Esqr

[In Margin:]  See p. 329-331

SOURCE:   Great Britain, Public Record Office, War Office,  Class 4, Volume 95, Page 130.

This Day in 17LD History - 1776

Head Quarters  DeLanceys [sic] Mill.

22d November 1776.

A Weekly Guard of an Officer and 20 Dragoons from New York to Kingsbridge.

Taken from British Orderly Books: Sir William Howe, Commander in Chief, September 26, 1776 - June 2, 1777, Captain Henry Knight, Aide-de-Camp to General Howe, New York Historical Society Collection, Mss. page 114.

This Day in 17LD History - 1776

Boston 18 Nov[ember]r 1775

1 Captain, 1 Subaltern, 1 Quarter Master, 2 Serjeants and 2 Corporals of the 17th Dragoons (are) to hold themselves in readiness to go to England on the Recruiting service.


(Taken from General Orders, America, Source W.O. 36/1, for June 10, 1773 thru January 10, 1776, as transcribed and indexed by Gilbert V Riddle)