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Letter from Gen Staates Long Morris, Colonel of the 61st Regiment of Foot to Col Adam Williamson, Deputy Adjutant General, 17 May 1782. Writes that there is no particular County beyond the county of Aberdeen where he ‘had the honor of raising the late 89th Regt. in the last war.’ From a group of 52 letters replying to letters from Adam Williamson asking each of the Colonels of the Regiments of Foot to choose a county name, 1782.