Orders Providing Clothing and to Inspect Uniform Patterns, 1757

From their London workshop in 1757, two clothiers meticulously inspect neck scarf patterns designed for the civilian sector. While stationed in Quebec through 1763, Colonel Fraser's men of the 78th Regiment of Foot typically received their annual clothing allotment in April of each year, with the exception...

Second Highland Battalion Recruiting Efforts

Two concerned mothers in the Scottish Highlands discuss their recent encounter with a civilian recruiting officer regarding their sons enlisting in the British Army, to serve in Major James Clephane's Company of the Second Highland Battalion. Raised in early 1757 for service in North America, this mostly...

Colonel Fraser's Recruits Arrive in Virginia in 1759

HMS Eurus, an eighteenth-century British military warship, as she prepares to port with her convoy for a scheduled visit to Virginia in 1759. Her voyage encompassed some 45 days at sea to cross the Atlantic Ocean from Cork Harbour, Ireland, as she sailed a more southern route than previously scheduled...

A History of Colonel Fraser's Carbines

After being inspected and issued from the Tower of London in 1757, the carbines assigned to Colonel Fraser's Second Highland Battalion were loaded onto transports and shipped with other ordnance to Glasgow, Scotland, to meet the men. In 1745, those same rifles once defended soldiers of the 10th Light...

Payroll Account of Private William Rose, 1758

An accountant at the War Office in Westminster, London, was ultimately responsible for the tracking of hundreds of millions of pounds being spent on funding British armies on multiple fronts around the world. At the regimental level, paymasters were charged with accounting for the income and expenses...

Initial Outfitting of Kilts in 1757

An authorized recruiting depot is located in Inverness, Scotland, to collect new recruits for Colonel Fraser's battalion of Highlanders; the other two locations around the country are Fort William and Dunkeld. During the enlistment process, recruits met with a recruiting officer and had the Articles...