Dawson, John ___ 1727c-1769 ___ British ___ soldier

BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY
There is no information about Dawson on the internet. He lived at Brunton, Northumberland, and, when the Northumberland Militia was first embodied on the basis of new legislation, he was appointed captain of a company of soldiers. He only kept a diary for nine months in 1761, and it is mostly concerned with military matters, although he did also reflect on his own lot occasionally.
No biography link
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DIARY DATES, CONTENT DESCRIPTORS
1761 ___ military self

WEB TEXT LINKS
etext
a citation or two

ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LINKS
 

SOME PUBLISHED TITLES
North Country Diaries (second series) 
 

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