Note 6 — HISTORICAL RECORD
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Regiments raised in the spring of 1778:—
72d regiment, or RoyalManchester Volunteersdisbanded in 1783.
73d Highland regimentnumbered the 71st regiment in 1786.
74th Highland regimentdisbanded in 1784.
75th Prince of Wales’sregimentdisbanded in 1783.
76th Highland regimentdisbanded in 1784.
77th regiment, or AthollHighlandersdisbanded in 1783.
78th Highland regimentnumbered the 72d regiment in 1786.
79th regiment, or RoyalLiverpool volunteersdisbanded in 1784.
80th regiment, or RoyalEdinburgh volunteersdisbanded in 1784.
81st Highland regimentdisbanded in 1783.
82d regimentdisbanded in 1784.
83d regiment, or RoyalGlasgow volunteersdisbanded in 1783.
Two of these twelve regiments have been retained on the establishment of the Army, namely, the seventy-third and seventy-eighth, which are the present SEVENTY-FIRST and SEVENTY-SECOND regiments.