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The New Hampshire Gazette And Historical Chronicle
Portsmouth, Greenland, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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The Bostawen Indiaman arrived at Plymouth from Bengal with a detachment of His Majesty's 28th Regiment under Major Richard Sherlock, reporting heavy casualties from 1759-1764. Major Sherlock delivered a Persian letter from Nabob Meer Jaffey Cawn to the Earl of Halifax for the King.
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By a letter from Plymouth we have the following account, viz. A few days ago arrived the Bostawen Indiaman from Bengal, with a detachment and the colours of his Majesty's 28th regiment, under the command of Major Richard Sherlock. It appears, since this battalion left England, which was in April 1759, to February 7, 1764, they buried 34 commissioned officers, one surgeon, four mates, and upwards of thirteen hundred men. On Tuesday the 8th instant Major Sherlock, of his Majesty's 28th regiment, delivered to the Earl of Halifax, one of his Majesty's secretaries of state; a letter directed for his Majesty in Persian characters, from Meer Jaffey Cawn, the present Nabob.
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Bengal
Event Date
June 8, 1764
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buried 34 commissioned officers, one surgeon, four mates, and upwards of thirteen hundred men
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The Bostawen Indiaman arrived from Bengal with a detachment and colours of His Majesty's 28th Regiment under Major Richard Sherlock. From April 1759 to February 7, 1764, the battalion suffered heavy losses. On June 8, Major Sherlock delivered a Persian letter from Nabob Meer Jaffey Cawn to the Earl of Halifax for the King.