A Defence of the HessiansRosengarten, J. G. (Joseph George)
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A Defence of the Hessians
Rosengarten, J. G. (Joseph George)
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Participation, German
Dr. Kapp's false charges relate to (1) the enlistment and service of
Hessian troops; (2) the frauds practised on them on their discharge; (3)
the approval by the Hessian Parliament of the treaty with Great Britain;
(4) the payment by England of the amount claimed on account of the Seven
Years' War; (5) the distribution of English pay among Hessian soldiers;
(6) the relief of Hessian taxes; (7) the charge that the Elector received
for troops enlisted in the British service some 60,000,000 thalers; (8)
and "blood" money for the wounded. Much of our [the pamphleteer's]
information is of a confidential kind, but there are plenty of printed
books, etc., that, he says, bear him out--biographies of the Elector,
sermons on his death, by Raffius, Roques, Rommel, and Pfister, the
resolutions of the Guilds on the accession of his successor, all
expressing grief for the death of his father; Schlieffen's "Memoirs,"
"Ephemera" of 1785, with Lith's "Campaigns of the Hessians," Schloezer's
"Correspondence and Annals," John Mueller's "Letters," the "Military
Library of 1789," Ewald's "Life" in Manvillon's Military Journal for 1821,
Pfister's "North American War of Independence," Eelking's "History," the
Hessian papers of the time, the papers of the Hessian Historical Society,
v. Och's "Observations," Valentini's "Recollections," "Debates of the
Parliament of Hesse," the treaties with England, the rewards and honors
paid by the King of England to German officers and soldiers, even Kapp's
writings. There are many unpublished documents, diaries of officers and
enlisted men, of pay and quarter-masters, and journals in the archives and
offices of Hesse, public and private.
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