Adams' Rangers
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A woodcut of Dr. Samuel Adams, the future, British Loyalist and American Revolutionary War, military leader, of Adams' Rangers, who was publicly humiliated, in 1774, by being tied to a chair and hung, from the sign of, the Catamount Tavern, in Arlington, New Hampshire Grants, in present-day Vermont, for falling out of favor with, his enemies, the Green Mountain Boys, over land dealings, in early Vermont
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| Active | 1777-1780 |
| Country |
 Great Britain
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| Allegiance |
Great Britain
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| Branch | Loyalist local volunteer corps |
| Type | infantry (auxiliary troops) |
| Size | company of 70 soldiers and officers |
| Garrison/HQ | Province of Quebec |
| Nickname(s) | Adams’ Company of Rangers |
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| Commanders | |
| Notable commanders |
Captain Samuel Adams of Arlington, New Hampshire Grants |
Captain Samuel Adams of Arlington, New Hampshire Grants
Captain Jeptha Hawley of Arlington, New Hampshire Grants
Lieutenant Simpson Jenne of Clarendon, New Hampshire Grants
Adams' Rangers also, known as Adams’ Company of Rangers were a British Loyalist local volunteer corps and independent, military company, raised to support the British Army, during the American Revolutionary war. Led by Dr. Samuel Adams, of Arlington, New Hampshire Grants, now present-day Vermont, the Rangers, made their most significant contribution, to the British war effort, by serving, with ill-fated, Burgoyne Expedition, in the Saratoga campaign, of 1777.
The soldiers of, Adams's Rangers were recruited primarily, from the region, of the New Hampshire Grants also, known by the Patriots, as the Republic of Vermont, with the largest number of recruits, coming from Arlington, under heavy opposition, from the majority, Patriot population and their old enemies, the Patriot Green Mountain Boys. Dr. Adams later stated, that he had raised 70 men for the company. Either late, in the Burgoyne campaign or in early 1778, the Rangers absorbed a body of soldiers, from the Bateaux Service, under Jeptha Hawley, who was also, from Arlington.
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