Revolutionary War miscellaneous collection, 1774 - ca. 1847.

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Revolutionary War miscellaneous collection, 1774 - ca. 1847.

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Collection of miscellaneous documents relating to the Revolutionary War, 1774 - ca. 1847. Many are military documents: orders, muster rolls, musters of prisoners, payrolls, accounts, receipts, and returns of men, arms and supplies, as well as a pass for a prisoner on parole, and a clipping of a 1780 newspaper advertisement for a deserter. A letter from Edmond Weson, dated September 30, 1777, gives an account of the Battle of Stillwater. Several military documents deal with a company from Pomfret (Conn.), led by Captain Zebediah Ingalls. Non-military documents include extracts from the minutes of the proceedings of the Convention at Philadelphia, February 7, 1780, signed by Samuel Osgood, a poem or song entitled "The Retreat from New York," and an indenture for an enemy deserter taking a position as a servant in Schenectady. The earliest document is a bill from Edes and Gill for printing documents produced by the Continental Congress in 1774. An account book kept by George Palmer, commissioner to dispose of confiscated property, New York State, describes property sold at Stillwater and Saratoga Lake, November 1777 - June 1778. Palmer lists the items sold, the person from whom they were taken, and the purchaser and price; he also gives an account of his expenses for collecting and transporting Tory goods, gathering cattle, conducting sales, moving Tory families, etc. In addition to the primary sources, there are some later notes, transcripts, and correspondence by Samuel Swett and Abraham Tomlinson, who collected many of the documents. An 1806 letter to Swett thanks him for his address at a Fourth of July military celebration. A nineteenth-century paper transcribes a Revolutionary War anecdote told by "Uncle Zeek."

0.8 linear feet (2 boxes)

New-York Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 7771599

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Osgood, Samuel, 1747-1813

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Tomlinson, Abraham

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Weson, Edmond.

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Edes and Gill

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United States. Continental Congress

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Swett, Samuel, 1782-1866

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Historian. From the description of Bunker Hill Battle papers, 1775-1859 (bulk 1818-1826). (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58660652 ...

Palmer, George

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Ingalls, Zebediah.

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