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Abstract:
The article takes up the case of John Dalrymple, colonial era British army offices and commander of Fort Johnston in the 1750s and 1760s, imprisoned by Governor Arthur Dobbs in 1762 for desertion. Constructed in 1748, Fort Johnston was the first fort built in North Carolina. It was located near the mouth of Cape Fear River.