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The New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser
Portsmouth, Exeter, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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Letters from Hesse report brisk recruitment of volunteers for British forces bound for America, spurred by a lucrative treaty with the Landgrave paying 30l per non-returning recruit. Motivations include US offers of land and liberty to deserters, following Saratoga and Yorktown defeats.
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According to letters from Hesse, the recruits for Great Britain go on more brisk than ever, particularly when they are enlisted with condition of going to America. The Landgrave has made an excellent treaty with the Court of St. James's, who are to pay 30l. sterling for each recruit that is not returned home at the end of the war, and besides that, to pay a considerable sum for engaging men. Volunteers arrive from all quarters, knowing there is no more Americans to be killed, and having learnt from their comrades of Saratoga and York-Town, they may go to America, and receive from the Congress of the United States, after abandoning the British standard, a quantity of land, by the culture of which they will be able to support themselves with ease and affluence: this pleasing prospect, and what is still more so, the acquisition of their liberty, has induced a number of peasants to sell themselves.
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Hesse
Event Date
April 25
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treaty pays 30l. sterling per recruit not returned at war's end, plus sum for engaging men; increased volunteer recruitment.
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Recruits for Great Britain enlist briskly in Hesse, especially for America, under a treaty where Britain pays the Landgrave 30l. per non-returning recruit and fees for engagement. Volunteers from various areas are drawn by reduced fighting risks post-Saratoga and Yorktown, and US Congress promises of land and liberty upon deserting British forces, leading peasants to enlist.