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de justice to the story : hut it w ill bear to
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be told again to another generation. The La
dy Harriet Ackland, as 1 hnve already said,
w as in the British camp. She had a'r.cotri
panied her husband to Quebec, and in the
campaign of 177li had followed him to a
poor hut at Chambly, w here he bad fallen
sick, and there, exposing herself to every
fatigue and danger, had assidiouslv admin
istered to his comfort. She wns left at Ti
coiiderogn, under positive Injunctions to re
main there, but her husband recieving n
wound in the all'nir at Caslleton, while pur
suing St. Clair, she again followed him
nnd beca, no his nurse. After this refusing
to return, she w ns transported in such a
cart as could he constructed in the camp, to
the different halting places of the mmy, al
ways accompanying the grenadiers) end
sharing the peculiar exposures rd the van
guard. At Stillwater she occupied a tent,
adjoining the house in w hich T'razer ex
pired, and which was the lodge of the Bar
oness lieidesel, who w ith a siinalar fidelity
had f
nan nuioweii ine loitunes ol her husband, I
uccoiiipanieii ny tinee ol lu r little children
l.ady Arklntid is described by Burgoyne as
oneofthomovt delieate of her sex. She '
was bred to till Ihe luxuries nnd refit. 1
ments incident to birth and fortune, and !
while thus- enduring the fatigues i f military
nie, was Iar advanced in the state in w hich
the hardiest matron requires the tenderest
and most particular deference.
