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Revolutionary War Rolls - Amount due to the men of Dearborn's Company - John Ray - Page 217

"The above is a True Roll of the Company that March'd from Cambridge [Massachusetts] to Quebec with me in the year 1775. Henry Dearborn, Capt."

According to Wikipedia: "In September 1775, Benedict Arnold led a force of 1,100 Continental Army troops on an expedition through the wilderness of what is now Maine that was part of a two-pronged invasion of the British Province of Quebec. The other expedition, led by Richard Montgomery, invaded Quebec from Lake Champlain.

"Arnold's expedition was a success in that he was able to bring a body of troops to the gates of Quebec City. However, the expedition was beset by troubles as soon as it left the last significant outposts of civilization in Maine. There were numerous difficult portages as the troops moved up the Kennebec River, and the boats they were using frequently leaked, spoiling gunpowder and food supplies. The height of land between the Kennebec and the Chaudière River was a swampy tangle of lakes and streams, where the traversal was complicated by bad weather; one quarter of the troops turned back at this point. The descent down the Chaudière resulted in the destruction of more boats and supplies as the inexperienced troops were unable to control the boats in its fast-moving waters.

"By the time Arnold reached the outskirts of civilization along the Saint Lawrence River in November, his force was reduced to 600 starving men. They had traveled over almost 400 miles through untracked wilderness. This did not prevent Arnold's troops, with assistance from the local Canadiens, from crossing the Saint Lawrence on November 13 and 14, and attempting to put Quebec City under siege. Failing in that effort, Arnold withdrew to Point-aux-Trembles until Montgomery arrived to lead an attack on the city."

Name: John Ray
Time of first Inlistment [sic]: 24 Apr 1775
Under whom: McLaughlin
What Regt: Stark
Pay received: £6.0.0
What's due up to first Sept: £2.9.4

Publication Number: M246
Publication Title: Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783
Publisher: NARA
State: New Hampshire
Military Org: Arnold's Detachment
Date Range: 1775
Folder: 43

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