Historical record of the Twenty-second, or the Cheshire Regiment of Foot / containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1689, and of its subsequent services to 1849

by Richard Cannon

FOOTNOTE:

[12] David Hume, the historian, was secretary to General St. Clair, during the expedition to the coast of France, and the embassy to Vienna and Turin.

TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE

Obvious typographical errors and punctuation errors have been corrected after careful comparison with other occurrences within the text and consultation of external sources.

Except for those changes noted below, all misspellings in the text, and inconsistent or archaic usage, have been retained.
[Pg xxix]: 'thence to Portmouth' replaced by 'thence to Portsmouth'.
[Pg 34]: 'a deperate dash' replaced by 'a desperate dash'.
[Pg 41]: 'stanch and true' replaced by 'staunch and true'.
[Pg 45]: 'until its recal' replaced by 'until its recall'.
[Pg 52]: 'Anne to that' replaced by 'Anne to the'.
[Pg 59]: '27th of Januuary' replaced by '27th of January'.