[444] Commons Journal, 16th April 1740.
[445] Miscellaneous Orders, 2nd July 1753, Secretary's Common Letter Book, 17th July 1753, are the first instances in the official records.
[446] The Third Guards apparently were the first. Morning Advertiser, 29th March 1749.
[447] Hinde's Discipline of the Light Horse, 1760.
[448] Obverse—a forest with a road cut through it. Reverse—the confluence of the Ohio and Monongahela; Fort Duquêsne in flames; Forbes in his litter and the army in columns. Motto—Ohio Brittanica; consilio manuque. Bouquet Papers, Add. MS., 21644.
[449] Secretary's Common Letter Book, 19th, 23rd December 1746. 7th January 1747.
[450] "Dragoons are now the mode, so I doubt not that Ireland will follow Great Britain and petition for the demolition of jackboots." Ligonier to Chesterfield, Dec. 12 23 1740.
[451] Ligonier to Chesterfield, Dec. 12 23 1746. Secretary's Common Letter Book, 5th July 1758, 18th February 1760.
[452] Ligonier to Carteret, Oct. 31 Nov. 11 , Nov. 11 22 1743.
[453] Cumberland to Chesterfield, Sept. 16 27 1748. Miscellaneous Orders, 3rd February 1749.