Nourse, Military Annals of Lancaster (1889), p. 78: Lake George, and Captain Hastings dismissed from the service for mutinous behavior. From orderly book and diary: drilling at Lake George, and Captain Benjamin Hastings of Bolton 'Dismissed ye Servis with Desgrace' for mutinous behavior.

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Transcription

Word-for-word transcription (spellings kept; uncertain letters in brackets).

From orderly book and diary we learn that in

camp at Lake George, throughout June and July, the troops

were kept constantly drilling, and practice in firing was

daily exacted.

Captain Ben-

jamin Hastings of Bolton was during September “Dismissed

ye Servis with Desgrace” for mutinous behavior.

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Keep in mind: Nourse's own account as printed. Identification with the family's Benjamin Hastings of Bolton is Likely, not proven. Label: Likely.