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General Carleton

British governor of Canada during the war.

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Also known as General Carleton, Carleton

First appearance: the crisis xi on the present state of news

General Carleton shows up with force in A Supernumerary Crisis. The page is where that presence becomes real.

British commander being appealed to for the surrender of the murderer Lippencott.
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