Memoir of Colonel John Allan, an Officer of the Revolution
Allan, George Hayward
Excerpt from Memoir of Colonel John Allan, an Officer of the Revolution: Born in Edinburgh Castle, Scotland, Jan. 3, 1746, Died in Lubec, Maine, Feb. 7, 1805, With a GenealogyPeace with France being fully restored by the treaty of Aix la Chapelle, in 1748, the British government began to devise ways and means of providing for the large number of soldiers and sailors discharged from the service, and of all the plans proposed, none seemed more p...
