Orderly book of Colonel Drury's regiment of Massachusetts militia, 1781, Oct. 1 - Nov. 27, West Point (N. Y.).

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Orderly book of Colonel Drury's regiment of Massachusetts militia, 1781, Oct. 1 - Nov. 27, West Point (N. Y.).

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A fragment of orderly book of Luke Drury's regiment of Massachusetts militia. Included are brigade, regimental, and garrison orders, and a weekly return for Oct. 11, 1781.

7 leaves, 31 cm., unbound.

Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens

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In 1781, Luke Drury (1737-1811) of Grafton, Mass. commanded a regiment of Massachusetts militia posted on garrison duty at West Point. From the description of Orderly book of Colonel Drury's regiment of Massachusetts militia, 1781, Oct. 1 - Nov. 27, West Point (N. Y.). (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122288786 Soldier in Revolutionary War and Shays Rebellion, later a state legislator and local politician in Grafton, Mass. ...