OLIVER DE LANCEY


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Oliver De Lancey

The Pennsylvania line have been for some time much dissatisfied, on Monday last they turned out in number about 1200 declaring they would serve no longer unless their grievances were redressed, as they had not received either Pay, Clothing, or Provisions a Riot had ensued in which an Officer was killed and four wounded The Insurgents had five or six wounded. They collected the Artillery Stores, Wagons, provisions & Marched out of Camp…
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The De Lancey family were prominent New York businessmen and politicians who were British loyalists in the American Revolution. At the end of the war the De Lancy estates were confiscated and the family went to England and Canada. Despite the unpopularity or the family, there is a major street in New York City that bears their name: De Lancy Street.

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Oliver De Lancey
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General Oliver De Lancey, also known as Oliver De Lancey Jr., was a British Army officer of French Huguenot descent, from a prominent family in colonial era New York state. His surname is sometimes written as de Lancey or DeLancey.