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In the Bleak Midwinter: December 1783
copyright Stephen Davidson UE
It’s December of 1783.  Winter came early with temperatures that froze the ground “hard as iron” and with amounts of “snow on snow” that were unprecedented for the Loyalists who had found refuge in Canada and the Maritimes.  Latecomers who arrived at the mouth of the St. John River discovered that they would have to spend the winter in army surplus tents made of canvas. Loyalists in Shelburne, Nova Scotia who had come in the fall had to live in the cellars of their unfinished homes. In Birchtown, late arriving Black Loyalists dug pit houses into the ground, protecting themselves from the elements with bark roofs.
As these Loyalists faced the cold of a first winter in their northern sanctuaries, those wealthy enough to seek refuge in Great Britain spent the December of 1783 petitioning for compensation for the losses they had suffered during the American Revolution.  Formed by an act of Parliament in July of 1783, the Royal Commission on the Losses and Services of American Loyalists (RCLSAL) had its first hearings in September of that year. Five men were appointed as commissioners to judge the merits of the appeals for financial compensation.
Just six days before Christmas, John Graham, the former lieutenant governor of Georgia, appeared before the RCLSAL. Graham had settled in Georgia thirty years earlier. After starting out in business, he eventually established his own plantations at Monteith (6,000 acres), Mulberry Grove (140 acres) and Swan River.
Appraised at £27,932, his plantations comprised the second largest land holdings in Georgia. At the outset of the revolution, Graham had 262 Negroes, valued at £58 each. He was able to recover 209 of them, but 53 were lost. 32 died on his plantation during the war. Rebels carried off 21 of his slaves. In his testimony to the RCLSAL commissioners, Graham noted that mortality among his slaves “was great as the Rebels employed them on an unhealthy spot.” At least three of Graham’s enslaved Africans would eventually become free and settle in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick: Sara Graham, Sally Terrell and a 19 year-old named Rachel.
At the end of 1775, the crown made Graham Georgia’s lieutenant governor.  Unpopular with the local Patriots, he and other members of the royalist council were “confined under armed guard” in January. He eventually escaped to a British warship in “an open canoe”. By May 1776, Graham, his wife Frances, their ten children, his sister and a niece sailed for England.
The wealthy Loyalist returned to Georgia in 1779 after it had been restored to its allegiance to the crown. Three years later, he is noted as having gone into the “back settlements to quiet the settlers” with a force of 300 men.  Speaking at Graham’s RCLSAL hearing, another Georgian Loyalist noted, “He behaved extremely well in Council, when Savannah was besieged & indeed upon all occasions, but being in a civil situation he was not often exposed to personal hazard.”
By the summer of 1782, Georgia once again became a rebel colony, and Graham was placed on a Patriot bill of “attainder, banishment and confiscation“. He fled to East Florida and then to England. Before he left the colony, Graham placed his important papers in an iron chest and buried it for safekeeping. When he returned three years later, he discovered that all of his papers had “perished by damp“.
After arriving in England, Graham and another Loyalist were appointed joint agents of the Georgia Loyalists for prosecuting their claims for losses.  By the time the RCLSAL’s work was done in 1785, Graham had appeared as a witness on behalf of nine other Loyalists.
Although he petitioned the compensation board 6 days before Christmas of 1783, Graham had to wait until June of 1784 to be recognized as “a zealous and active loyalist, {who} carried arms and rendered service to the British Government“. The 66 year-old was compensated for all of his financial losses and was given a “bounty” of  £400 a year. Given in the “bleak midwinter time”, his testimony must have been a very persuasive one – resulting in a measure of compensation very few loyalists would receive from the RCLSAL board in the years to come.
Just three days before the Christmas of 1783, John Hamilton appeared before the RCLSAL in London. Born in Ireland, he came to the New World as an 8 year-old. By the outbreak of the revolution, Hamilton was a married man, a plantation owner. and a horse dealer in North Carolina.
After being jailed for his loyalist principles, Hamilton joined the British Army at Charleston. He eventually saw action at the Battles of Hanging Rock, Camden and Gilford. When a local militia’s captain was wounded in action, the men made Hamilton their new captain.
Meanwhile, rebels drove Hamilton’s wife off of their estate, seized two of his five African slaves, and confiscated 10 horses, 50 cattle, 60 hogs and 30 sheep.  A witness at Hamilton’s hearing in London thought he was “as loyal as a man can be“. The commissioners agreed with him, and declared Hamilton to be “an active and zealous loyalist” on January 22, 1784.
James Robertson is the last Loyalist known to seek compensation in December of 1783. Just two days before Christmas, the former acting attorney general of Georgia testified that he had emigrated from England to the southern colony in 1767.  Five years later, he was admitted to the bar and was a lawyer until “the commencement of the troubles“.  A single man all of his life, Robertson acquired extensive holdings that included a Black enslaved woman and two children.
In 1775, he signed a protest against the Patriots, and in the following year was chosen to represent Georgia at the Continental Congress – an appointment he declined.  “By order of the Rebel State“, Patriots seized him in June of 1776 and told him that he would remain imprisoned until he joined them.
Eventually he took an oath to be faithful to the American States. Robertson did not consider that such an oath involved “an abjuration of the King of Great Britain“. He was able to stay on his country estate as a neutral party until October of 1777, when he was once again compelled to take an oath of allegiance to the new republic. This time, Robertson decided it was best to leave Georgia. He found sanctuary in East Florida until Georgia returned to the crown in 1779.
He became the representative for Savannah in the colony’s House of Assembly, serving on the governing council until the loyalist evacuations. By November of 1782, he had arrived in London and began to receive an allowance of £50 a year.
Robertson’s wartime service and his skills as a lawyer were rewarded with his appointment as the chief justice for the Virgin Islands, a position that commanded a salary of £200 a year.
On January 31, 1784, “satisfied of his loyalty“, the commissioners granted Robertson £300 for his property losses. The 33 year-old bachelor must have been very pleased with this delayed Christmas present. James Robertson died on the island Tortola in 1818 at the age of 67.
The Loyalists who had found sanctuary in British North America would have to wait until December of 1784 to seek redress for their wartime losses. What happened in those bleak midwinter days will be the subject of the next chapter in this series.
To secure permission to reprint this article contact the author at stephendavids@gmail.com.

The Loyal- List: Nobel Prize Winners Who Are Loyalist Descendants
By Mike Woodcock UE, Victoria Branch
This Loyal-List article recognizes that since 1901, December 10 (the anniversary of Alfred Nobel’s death) is the date when new laureates receive their Nobel Prizes. The Nobel Prizes are prestigious awards administered by the Nobel Foundation and are granted in accordance with the principle of “for the greatest benefit to humankind.”

Lester Bowles Pearson
Nobel Peace Prize, 1957
Lester Bowles Pearson’s second great-grandfather, Mattias Marsh, was a Loyalist who served as a spy in Vermont during the American Revolutionary War. Born in Newtonbrook, Ontario, Pearson joined the Department of External Affairs and served as the Canadian ambassador to the United States from 1944 to 1946. He entered politics in 1948 as Secretary of State for External Affairs, serving until 1957 under Liberal governments. Additionally, Pearson was the seventh president of the United Nations General Assembly from 1952 to 1953.
Pearson won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1957 for organizing the United Nations Emergency Force to resolve the Suez Crisis, which garnered him global recognition. After the Liberal Party lost the 1957 federal election, Pearson became the party leader in 1958. He faced two consecutive defeats by Progressive Conservative Prime Minister John Diefenbaker in 1958 and 1962, but successfully challenged him for a third time in the 1963 federal election. Pearson’s Liberals won re-election in 1965.

Sir Frederick Banting
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1923
Frederick Banting was a physician, surgeon, army officer, medical researcher, and artist. Born on November 14, 1891, in Essa Township, Simcoe County, Ontario, he was the son of William Thompson Banting and Margaret Grant. Banting was also the second great-grandson of Loyalist Thomas Mulloy.
Growing up on a farm in agricultural Ontario as the youngest of six children, Banting played a crucial role in initiating research and mobilizing expert assistance in the discovery of insulin. He spent the rest of his life grappling with the consequences of achieving a scientist’s greatest aspiration—saving lives and winning the Nobel Prize. Banting was tragically killed in an airplane crash on February 21, 1941, near Musgrave Harbour, Newfoundland.

Invitation to Contribute
You’re invited to help expand the Loyal-List! To add Loyalists or descendants, suggest edits to existing profiles, or provide feedback, please email membership.vic.uelac@gmail.com or use the Feedback portal on the uelcanada.ca homepage. The Loyal-List is a dedicated project of the United Empire Loyalists (UEL) Association of Canada. It highlights individuals identified through various reputable sources, including the Dictionary of Canadian Biography, Wikipedia, published books, and institutions such as the Hockey Hall of Fame. It is recognized as one of the official UELAC initiatives.
Learn more about this inspiring project on the national UELAC website.

Blog: About UE Loyalist History by Brian McConnell UE at UE Loyalist History

Fort Cumberland – 2 December 2025
On 28 November 1776 HMS Vulture arrived at the head of the Bay of Fundy with British marines aboard to relieve Fort Cumberland which had been besieged since earlier in the month. A force of American militia, natives, and some Nova Scotians, led by Jonathan Eddy, tried to capture the Fort as the precursor to the start of a rebellion in the colony and eventual attack on Halifax.  Eddy had settled in Nova Scotia as a New England Planter and was one of a few members of the General Assembly in Halifax sympathetic to the American Revolution.
The attack is described in The Siege of Fort Cumberland, 1776 – An Episode in the American Revolution authored by Ernest Clarke UE, a member of the United Empire Loyalists’ Association in Nova Scotia.
Members of the Nova Scotia and New Brunswick Branch also prepared and performed a play about the events of the Siege.  Read more…

Halifax – 3 December 2025
During the American Revolution, Halifax played a vital role. The location made it important to the British navy and military. Author Thomas H. Raddall called it the Warden of the North.
In the Halifax Regional Municipality, outside a Ferry terminal, is a monument to the United Empire Loyalists who came to the area in 1783.
The monument was placed in 1983 by the Dartmouth Heritage Museum.  It was the bicentennial anniversary of the arrival of United Empire Loyalists who were evacuated from New York in 1783. Read more…

250 Years Ago: The Invasion of Canada: Events between Dec 3 and Dec 10, 1775

British and Canadian Forces under Carleton

  • December 3-5: Governor Guy Carleton, who had organized a defense force of approximately 1,800 men (British regulars, Canadian militia, and sailors), continued to strengthen the city’s fortifications. Barricades were improved and artillery emplaced at key access points, including the Palace Gate and in the Lower Town.
  • December 6-7: Carleton demonstrated his resolve by refusing to officially receive or acknowledge Montgomery’s surrender demands, burning the letters to signal defiance. He declared that any able-bodied man not assisting in the defense would be considered a rebel.
  • December 8-10: British and Canadian defenders maintained their positions and fortifications, largely ignoring the American light artillery fire, which was insufficient to breach the city’s strong stone walls. The defenders were well-provisioned for a winter siege and awaited the American move, confident in their defensive posture.

American Forces under Montgomery and Arnold

  • December 3: General Richard Montgomery arrived at Pointe-aux-Trembles and joined his forces with Colonel Benedict Arnold’s troops, forming a combined strength of about 1,100 men. The combined American force then advanced to Quebec City.
  • December 4-5: American companies took positions on the Plains of Abraham and in the suburbs of Quebec City.
  • December 6: The Americans began the formal siege of Quebec City. Montgomery sent a demand for surrender to Governor Guy Carleton.
  • December 7: Montgomery attempted psychological warfare by firing arrows over the city walls with letters attached, demanding Carleton’s surrender.
  • December 8: When Carleton did not respond to the surrender demands, the Americans began a bombardment of the city with their light cannons from batteries on the Plains of Abraham, St. Roch, and St. John’s Gate. The American forces faced significant challenges due to the frozen ground, which prevented them from digging effective trenches for a proper siege.
  • December 9-10: The ineffectual bombardment continued. The American troops struggled with the onset of harsh winter conditions, inadequate supplies, and the beginnings of smallpox cases, which started to erode their combat readiness and morale.

A Highlander & Loyalist: Alan MacDonald
By Brian McConnell UE
Alan MacDonald was a Highlander who settled in North Carolina in 1774 before the start of the American Revolution and accepted a commission as an Officer in the Royal Highland Emigrants. He was also the husband of Flora MacDonald, the Jacobite heroine who helped save Bonnie Prince Charlie from capture after the Battle of Culloden.
How was it that a Highlander should agree to fight for King George III ? In “Scottish Highlanders and the American Revolution” author G. Murray Logan notes:

“The highland emigrants in American were opposed to the American Revolution almost to a man. Considering their record in Scotland, of three revolts in three generations, this may seem surprising. However, the rebellion in Scotland had been a result of positive thinking, their loyalty to the house of Stuart. Although the clan system had been destroyed, the clan spirit still lived, as it does to a lesser degree today. Their leaders, at least, had taken the oath of allegiance to King George, and with a Highlander, an oath is a sacred thing, and binding. The clansmen had little faith in democratic government, the clan system having been essentially feudal. However, in the highlands, the feudalism was combined with paternalism, and comradeship. So the clansmen, as ever, followed their leaders and remained loyal to King George.”

Read more (pdf)…

North star: Reflections on Canada and being Canadian
Space, land, winter — these are the overwhelming realities of Canada, and they have shaped who we are
By Wade Davis and Kerry Hodgson 14 June 2025, Canadian Geographic
The strongest memories of my youth in Montreal are of ice storms roaring out of the Arctic, snapping oaks and maples at the base. I remember boys playing hockey on the St. Lawrence River, slapshots disappearing over the ice floes, the black spire of the Catholic church dissolving in the winter winds that turned sky and land into an infinite whiteness without contour or relief. On school mornings, the sound of snow creaking beneath my boots. Stars sparkling through the branches of the giant elm trees that in those years still thrived in the neighbourhoods of old Quebec. The scars on the thighs of the teacher who taught me to paddle, his eyes still ablaze from the time he had fought off the bear and survived.
This is something that all Canadians know: the presence of the wild even in the heart of the cities. In St. John’s, humpback whales can be seen from the height of the bluffs that shelter the harbour. In Vancouver, salmon spawn in neighbourhood streams and black bears come down out of the mountains to feast upon them. The city spreads in the shadow of snow-crested peaks that run up the coast 1,500 kilometres to the Yukon. Montreal carries the weight of a province more than three times the size of France.
Space, land and winter — these are the overwhelming realities of Canada. Read more…

Podcast: How States Are Planning the 250th: Commemorating the American Revolution in 2026
A panel discussion December 2025 at Ben Franklin’s World
Guest host Karin Wulfwith  Carly Fiorina of Virginia 250 and  Gregg Amore of Rhode Island 250 discuss:

  1. The educational and civic goals driving their states’ commemorative plans for 2026
  2. How local communities within their states are getting involved with grassroots history-making.
  3. The challenges and opportunities of uniting Americans around a shared revolutionary legacy in a politically divided moment.

Listen in…

Admiral James Brine (1738-1814)
By Richard Hiscocks at More Than Nelson
Brine’s early service included two voyages of exploration, and he was already a veteran officer by the time he was posted captain, seeing sterling service through the American and French Revolutionary Wars.
Born at Blandford Forum, Dorset, he was one of eight children of John Brine and of his wife, Grace Baker. He was the father of four sons, all of whom became officers in the Royal Navy.
On 21 August 1757, during the early stages of the Seven Years War, Brine was rated a midshipman aboard the Achilles 60, Captain Hon. Samuel Barrington, and he would have been present on 29 May 1758 at the capture of the French sail of the line Raisonnable 64. It seems likely that he enjoyed further employment during the Seven Years War, which ended in 1763, but details are unavailable…
…It is not clear whether Brine enjoyed further employment during the years of peace, but when hostilities began with France in 1778 during the American War of Independence, he became the first lieutenant of the Prince of Wales 74, Captain Benjamin Hill, the flagship of his old patron, Rear-Admiral Hon. Samuel Barrington.  Read more…

Vanishing Ranks: Rawlings’ Rifle Regiment and the Struggle to Recruit for the Frontier
by Tucker F. Hentz 1 December 2025 Journal of the American Revolution
The Continental Congress directed the organization of the Maryland and Virginia Rifle Regiment (Rawlings’ regiment) in resolutions dated June 17 and 27, 1776. The force was a combination of six newly-formed companies from the two states and three independent rifle companies organized a year before. The nine-company regiment was still completing organization on November 16 when approximately two-thirds of its 420 officers and enlisted men were captured or killed at the Battle of Fort Washington. In the battle’s aftermath, the officers struggled to replenish the regiment’s numbers, and it never returned to full strength.
The effort to rebuild the unit was set in motion when its commander, Lt. Col. Moses Rawlings, returned to the Continental army in January 1778, having been exchanged after his capture at Fort Washington. He was initially without a command because his remaining troops had been attached to Col. Daniel Morgan’s Provisional Rifle Corps in mid-1777 and to the 4th Maryland Regiment in late 1777. Read  more…

The New Dominion: Virginia’s Bounty Land
by Gabriel Neville 4 December 2025 Journal of the American Revolution
There is a fine line between courage and stupidity. Eight men congregated at Smithfield Plantation in southwest Virginia on April 7, 1774, prepared for a perilous adventure. They were young men in high spirits, ready to set off into Virginia’s mostly unexplored western wilderness. Their intrepid leader was Deputy Fincastle County Surveyor John Floyd. Their guide was the original longhunter, James Knox, who knew the terrain. A separate eight-man team led by Deputy Surveyor Hancock Taylor had already left. Their task was to survey lands that had been promised to veterans of the French and Indian War twenty years before as a reward for their service. Now, however, the Old Dominion was on the verge of a new war with the Shawnee and Mingo tribes. Crossing the Alleghenies at this moment was reckless; some of the expedition’s members would never be seen again.Many of the surveys had already been conducted, which added to the madness. Thomas Bullitt led an expedition down the Ohio River from Fort Pitt in 1773, marking off lots for veterans of the old war or men who had bought their warrants.[3] When Bullitt finished, Fincastle County refused to accept his plats.
Many of the surveys had already been conducted, which added to the madness. Thomas Bullitt led an expedition down the Ohio River from Fort Pitt in 1773, marking off lots for veterans of the old war or men who had bought their warrants. When Bullitt finished, Fincastle County refused to accept his plats. Read more…

Advertised on 2 Dec. 1775 “THE American Edition of SIMES’s MILITARY GUIDE”

“THE American Edition of SIMES’s MILITARY GUIDE.”

In December 1775, James Humphreys, Jr., Robert Bell, and Robert Aitken collaborated in advertising and publishing The Military Guide for Young Officers by Thomas Simes, making yet another military manual available to the public following the momentous events at Lexington and Concord the previous April.  More recent developments, both military and political, convinced printers that a market existed for military manuals.  According to the introduction to “Books in the Field: Studying the Art of War in Revolutionary America,” an exhibition sponsored by the American Revolution Institute of the Society of the Cincinnati, “a flood of printing began to appear from the American presses.  Much of this activity was centered in Philadelphia, where more than thirty works on military subjects were published in the years 1775 and 1776 alone.”
Of the three of the printer-booksellers who partnered in publishing Simes’s Military Guide, Humphreys was the only one who published a newspaper.  He gave their advertisement a privileged place at the top of the first column on the first page of the December 2, 1775, edition of the Pennsylvania Ledger.   Read more…

Book: The Rebel’s Wife, Seeking Justice in Canada’s Past
Author: Gerald R. Brown UE, member of Vancouver Branch, Granville Island Publishing, 30 octobre 2025
On August 11, 1838, Maria Wait sits horrified as the judge reads her husband’s sentence: execution by hanging. In the aftermath of a failed rebel uprising in Upper Canada, Benjamin Wait is one of several activists facing death for their political ideals. In the overheated courtroom, Maria resolves to save her husband’s life so that their child can know a father and she can be reunited with her beloved.
Maria’s quest for justice takes her from the halls of power in the young colony of Canada to a harrowing voyage across the Atlantic Ocean and finally to London, England, where she petitions Queen Victoria for her husband’s freedom. By the time Maria returns to Canada, her family and neighbours see Benjamin as a lost cause. Frustrated but undaunted, Maria puts her faith in God and continues to work relentlessly for her husband’s freedom.
Based on a true story, The Rebel’s Wife brings to life the devotion and courage of a remarkable woman in Canadian history.  Read more… {Available at some book sellers)

UELAC Loyalist Directory: New Contributions

Entries which have been added, or revised, this week.

Thanks to Lynton”Bill” Stewart who provided new or additional information about:

  • Sgt. Colin McKenzie Sr.  born 1746 in Scotland, from Crown Point, New York served in Jessup’s Corps Loyal American Rangers, married c1768 Sarah Powers, five children, resettled Ernest Town / Amherst Island, Ontario
  • John Hill born 1737 in Ireland died 1817 Digby NS, from Brooklyn, New York, served in DeLancey’s Volunteers, Captain James Forrest’s Company, married Ann Powell (1737-1775) and they had at least one child  John Hill II (1764-1800)

If you are willing to submit some information, send a note to  loyalist.trails@uelac.org All help is appreciated.   …doug

Events Upcoming

American Revolution Institute: The Battle for the Fourteenth Colony: America’s War of Liberation in Canada, 1774-1776 Tues. 9 Dec 6:30

Historian Mark Anderson examines the American colonies’ efforts to bring Quebec into the Continental confederation and free Canadians from British “tyranny.” Drawing from his research, Anderson offers new insight into the key political and military factors that ultimately doomed America’s first foreign war of liberation and resulted in the Continental Army’s decisive expulsion from Canada on the eve of the Declaration of Independence. Read more and registration…

American Revolution Institute: The Revolution’s First Winter: Loyalist Thomas Ainslie’s Account of the 1775 American Assault of Quebec Fri 12 Dec @12:30

The Institute’s library director, Thomas Lannon, discusses the American invasion of Canada during the first winter of the Revolution and the failed attempt to capture Quebec to rally support against Britain and bring Canada into the rebellion as the hoped-for “fourteenth colony.”
At the center of this Lunch Bite is a letter authored by Quebec’s Collector of Customs Thomas Ainslie, preserved in the Institute’s collections. Ainslie’s recollections provide a reliable day-to-day record from inside Quebec City during the American siege until British reinforcements arrived.
More and registration…

Sir Guy Carleton Branch: “My Childhood Christmas Memories in Atlantic Canada” by Carl Stymiest UE, Wed 17 Dec @7:00 ET on zoom

Step back in time with Carl Stymiest UE as he shares the magic and wonder of Christmases past in Atlantic Canada. This presentation brings to life the warmth of family traditions celebrated at his 4th Great-Grandfather Alexander MacDonald’s historic stone farmhouse in Bartibog, Miramichi, New Brunswick.
Register with carletonuel@hotmail.com

From the Social Media and Beyond

  • Clothing and apparel
    • A tale of two shoes. L Shoe believed to have belonged to Marie-Antoinette, snatched during storming of Tuileries, 1792. R A slipper with celebratory tricolour from earlier.
    • The art of letter-writing in the 18th century.  The sender – gossiping about the marriage of Max Joseph and Auguste Wilhelmine – painted the figure of the bride wearing a dress from the 1780ies  in the top corner of his letter.
    • An ominous silence greets Margot as she bursts forth into the Christmas party ballroom with gusto and a flourish of her fan. She did think that perhaps the ship was, well, a bit much but her heart sinks as she surveys the scene before her. Her dearest friend Sybil sidles up to her and all becomes clear. ‘Margot dear, you do realise that the invite said FANCIEST dress, not fancy dress?’ Margot smiles brightly and sails towards the enormous bowl of punch. Dress, 1780s (check out the hair piece)
  • Food and Related: Townsends

    •  Soldier Stew: Revolutionary War Survival Food   (9:36 min)
      “A Pound Of Meat” is a famous soldier ration during the Revolutionary War. What happened when there wasn’t enough to go around? What all did the soldiers get to eat? How did they stretch their rations? Find the answers to those questions and more!
  • This week in History
    • November 29, 1775, Capt. John Manley’s armed schooner Lee brought the British ordnance ship Nancy to Gloucester. Its cargo included 2,000 muskets, a 13-inch mortar, 3,000 solid shot for 12-pounders, 31 tons of musket balls, and 100,000 flints.
    • December 3, 1775, the Continental Navy flag—the Union canton over thirteen red & white stripes—was raised for the first time in Philadelphia. It flew over the ship Alfred, soon to be the flagship of Commodore Esek Hopkins of Rhode Island.
    • December 1, 1781, British Major John Doyle, with 850 men at Dorchester (15 miles northwest of Charleston, SC), abandons guns, equipment, and the fort to the advancing forces of Gen. Nathanael Greene, who, unknown to Doyle, has only 400 men. image

Editor’s Note:
We are travelling, so the next issue will also be rather light.
….doug

 

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