Contributed by Maine Historical Society

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This document includes a military discharge certificate and a personal letter, both dated October 10, 1783, concerning Samuel Ballentine, a soldier in the British Loyalist regiment De Lancey's Second Battalion, under Captain Niles and Lieutenant Colonel Richard Hewlett. The certificate formally discharges Ballentine after five years of "honest and faithful" service, confirming he received all due pay, clothing, and provisions.

Attached is a letter from his sister, Elizabeth Ballentine, expressing distress over his long silence. She urges him to write and shares updates on the family: their sister married a seafarer, James and Francis Ballentine are married and have five children, and several relatives—their father, Uncle David, Aunt Betty, Herbert Cowen, and Paul Ballentine—have died. Elizabeth closes with warm regards and well wishes to Samuel and his family.

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About This Item

• Title: Military discharge for Samuel Ballentine, 1783
• Creation Date: 1783
• Subject Date: 1783
• Location: NB, Canada
• Media: Ink on paper
• Local Code: Coll. S-457
• Object Type: Text

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Standardized Subject Headings

• Loyalist
• Military discharge
• Saint John River (Me. and N.B.)
• Soldiers--Great Britain
• United Empire loyalists
• United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783

People

• Ballantine, Elizabeth
• Ballantine, Samuel
• Hewlett, Richard

Other Keywords

• Cattle raiding
• De Lancey's Brigade
• De Lancey's Provincial Corps
• De Lancey's Volunteers
• Guerrilla warfare
• Intelligence

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Maine Historical Society
485 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
(207) 774-1822 x230
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