Lieutenant-General John Burgoyne - "Mutual and Peculiar Sufferers"
"The famous Gen. Burgoyne and his army..." proclaimed the Massachusetts Spy on October 30, 1777, "... are expected in town tomorrow." The citizens of Worcester, home to the pro-patriot newspaper since April of 1775, would wait two additional days for the first elements of the Convention Army to arrive in their town, and the famous General Burgoyne seems to have come and gone without much notice. I found tracking his journey to be a challenge as well. Lieutenant-General John Burgoyne (seen here as a younger man in the painting John Burgoyne , in the National Portrait Gallery in London, NPG 4158) remains a well-known figure of the American Revolution. Unfortunately, many of the stories told about him appear suspect, while others remain rarely told or untold - especially the details of his journey from Saratoga to Boston. Burgoyne dedicated the publication of his defense of his failed campaign before Parliament, A State of the ...