Certificates of election of Amos Munn, 1803 and of Silas Munn, 1813-1820 [manuscript] 1803-1820.

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Certificates of election of Amos Munn, 1803 and of Silas Munn, 1813-1820 [manuscript] 1803-1820.

To the New Jersey militia. Resolves of the Bloomfield Flying Artillery Company.

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The Continental Congress called upon New Jersey in 1775 to form a militia to support Continental forces in New York. Early in 1776, the New Jersey Militia under Colonel Nathaniel Heard was ordered to take about 500 men to Long Island to disarm dissenting Loyalists. While encamped in New York City, Heard was promoted to brigadier general. His brigade, composed of sixteen companies of 160 officers and 1762 enlisted men, took part in Washington's evacuation of New York City on September 12, 1776, a...