
"The Return of Rogers' Rangers" Topic
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Tango01  | 14 Oct 2024 3:53 p.m. PST |
" The military exploits of Major Robert Rogers during the French and Indian War are well known. It was during that war that Rogers raised, trained, and led the unit that bears his name, Rogers' Rangers. This was, however, not the last Ranger unit with which Robert Rogers was affiliated. Prior to the war Rogers had narrowly missed being branded or hung as a result of a charge of counterfeiting. His exploits during the war left him with money problems but of a different nature. The new problems involved Rogers' accounts in the army – repaying some remaining obligations to his former Rangers as well as to certain men in Albany, New York who had loaned money for the Rangers' subsistence and loans some of the Rangers had taken against their future pay. Rogers spent almost a month preparing his statement and presented it to the Crown's representative. By his account the Crown owed Rogers about 6,000 pounds. Rogers was reported to have been "thunderstruck" when most of the statement he submitted was denied. Without detailing Rogers' claim for repayment by the Crown (or even the convoluted method of financing the British Amy in the mid 1700s), suffice it to say Rogers went to his grave still being pursued by his creditors. His attempts to pay these creditors drove almost all he did in life after the French and Indian War…" Main page link
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Hitman | 14 Oct 2024 6:04 p.m. PST |
Fascinating read. Thanks for the link. Regards, Hitman 😎 |
Red Jacket  | 15 Oct 2024 5:58 a.m. PST |
How could they not trust Spencer Tracy? |
Tango01  | 15 Oct 2024 2:54 p.m. PST |
Happy you enjoyed it… Armand |
The H Man | 16 Oct 2024 4:33 p.m. PST |
I painted Rogers Rangers for a client. They were the ones by Warlord and quite good. |
Tango01  | 17 Oct 2024 3:02 p.m. PST |
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