1760's 42nd kit

[Sir William]

Thanks Sir William.

Here is a link to a French and Indian period group (with a great website I'd like to add) that shows a hair-on example of a knapsack that they consider appropriate to the period.

1st Royal Regiment of Foote

A very good example of a period knapsack.

I don't know what the 42nd (or for that matter the 77th and 78th) carried in the colonies during the F&I War, but this type of pack would be a safe bet.