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The Virginia Gazette
Richmond, Williamsburg, Richmond County, Virginia
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Letter from Louisburg dated Sept. 26, 1745, reports Duke of Newcastle's praise for American forces and incentives for 500 men and 500 women to settle there, including enlistment premiums; 150 women enlisted, led by Mis Betty Slop.
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The Duke of Newcastle has wrote a most complaisant Letter to the General, much in the Praise of the American Forces.—There is Encouragement given for 500 Women, and the same Number of Men to come and settle here, and those that will not list Volunteers, are to be press'd: The Premium is a Guinea, to each Woman on inlisting, and to be compleatly cloathed from Head to Foot, and a Sum of Money on their Embarkation. There was 150 Women inlisted, and in the Tower, and the first Lady on the Roll is Mis Betty Slop, so that the Toast that is most fashionable here, is To Miss Betty Slop, and our Friends in the Tower.
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Louisburg
Event Date
Sept. 26, 1745
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150 women enlisted
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Duke of Newcastle wrote a complimentary letter praising the American forces to the General. Encouragement offered for 500 women and 500 men to settle in Louisburg, with non-volunteers to be pressed; women receive a guinea upon enlisting, complete clothing, and money on embarkation. 150 women enlisted in the Tower, first being Mis Betty Slop, who became a fashionable toast.