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ACLAND, See also:
CHRISTIAN
CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)
CHRISTIAN HENRIETTA See also:
CAROLINE
CAROLINE (1683-1737)
CAROLINE (1750-1815) , usually called See also:

LADY (0. Eng. hlaefdige, Mid. Eng. ldfdi, lavedi; the first part of the word is hldf, loaf, bread, as in the corresponding hldford, lord; the second part is usually taken to be from the root dig-, to knead, seen also in " dough "; the sense development fr

Lady Harriet Acland, was See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born on the 3rd of See also:

JANUARY

January 1750, the daughter of the first See also:

EARL

earl of See also:

ILCHESTER

Ilchester. In 1770 she married See also:

John Dyke Acland, who as a member of See also:

PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament became a vigorous supporter of See also:

Lord See also:

North's policy towards the See also:

AMERICAN

American colonies, and, entering the See also:

BRITISH

British See also:

army in 1774, served with See also:

Burgoyne's expedition as See also:

major in the 20th See also:

REGIMENT (from Late Latin regimentum, rule, regere, to rule, govern, direct)

regiment of See also:

FOOT

foot. Lady Harriet accompanied her See also:

HUSBAND

husband, and, when he was wounded at See also:

TICONDEROGA

Ticonderoga, nursed him in his See also:

TENT

tent at the front. In the second See also:

BATTLE

battle of See also:

SARATOGA, BATTLES OF

Saratoga Major Acland was again badly wounded and subsequently taken prisoner. Lady Harriet was determined to be with him, and underwent See also:

GREAT

great hardship to accomplish her See also:

OBJECT

object, proving herself a courageous and devoted wife. A See also:

story has been told that being provided with a See also:

LETTER (through Fr. lettre from Lat. littera or litera, letter of the alphabet; the origin of the Latin word is obscure; it has probably no connexion with the root of linere, to smear, i.e. with wax, for an inscription with a stilus)

letter from See also:

General Burgoyne to the American general See also:

GATES, HORATIO (1728-1806)

Gates, she went up the See also:

Hudson See also:

RIVER

river in an open See also:

BOAT (0. Eng. bdt; the true etymological connexion with Dutch and Ger. boot, Fr. bateau, Ital. battello presents great difficulties; Celtic forms are from O. Eng.)

boat to the enemy's lines, arjiving See also:

LATE

late in the evening. The American out-posts threatened to See also:

FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire into the boat if its occupants stirred, and Lady Harriet had to wait eight " dark and See also:

COLD (in O. Eng. cald and ceald, a word coming ultimately from a root cognate with the Lat. gelu, gelidus, and common in the Teutonic languages, which usually have two distinct forms for the substantive and the adjective, cf. Ger. Kolte, kalt, Dutch koude

cold See also:

HOURS, CANONICAL

hours," until the See also:

sun See also:

rose, when she at last received permission to join her husband. Major Acland died in 1778, and Lady Harriet on the 21st of See also:

JULY

July 1815.

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