Essex Brigade, Second Regiment record book, 1776-1778.

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Essex Brigade, Second Regiment record book, 1776-1778.

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This volume contains records for the Second Regiment of the Essex County Militia dating from 1776 to 1778. The book appears to be a portion of an orderly book that includes accounts of the sick, those who are absent without leave, those who had cartridges, as well as orders. The first orders were written while the regiment was stationed at Haddonfield, New Jersey on Christmas 1776, while later entries date from the encampment at Morristown, New Jersey in January 1777.

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New Jersey. Militia. Essex Brigade. Regiment, 2nd

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The Provincial Congress of New Jersey passed an act on August 16, 1775 for the creation of the New Jersey Militia. The Provincial Congress and the Committee of Safety selected the officers and on October 28, 1775, the Congress of New Jersey ordered that all men capable of bearing arms had to enlist. In July of 1776, New Jersey had to muster a militia unit of 2,000 men that consisted of four battalions made up of thirty companies of sixty-four men each. Essex County furnished three companies led ...