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Cost of Returning the Light Dragoons to Ireland from Isle of Man, 1766
Source
15 July 1766
A letter from the Lord Lieutenant (Hertford) to the Lords of the Treasury requesting payment for the transport costs of two troops of Hales Dragoons from the Isle of Man to Ireland in 1766. The document details an expense of £235 5s 5d incurred by George Carleton, a Dublin merchant, for provisioning the troops' transport. This illustrates the administrative and financial machinery surrounding military movements post-Revestment.
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