Letter, 1779 August 8, Headquarters Moore House [West Point to] Lt. Colonel Badlam.

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Letter, 1779 August 8, Headquarters Moore House [West Point to] Lt. Colonel Badlam.

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Officer, Continental Army. Letter to Lt. Colonel Badlam discussing removal of stores from Hackensack Church, reiterating that they must economize by keeping guards and detachments small and sending extra troops to positions where they would be most useful. Scammell requests a return of the troops and mentions possibility of malingerers at Fishkill hospital. A draft of Badlam's reply, Fishkill, 10th August 1779, is on the verso of Scammell's letter. In complying, Badlam forwards the return and promises to "pay particular attention not only to the superintending of the Hospitals, but also to the guards and detachments."

2 p. ; 30 x 19 cm.

United States Military Academy, USMA Library

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United States Military Academy, USMA Library

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Scammell, Alexander, 1747-1781

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Continental army officer. Born in Massachusetts and educated at Harvard, Scammell moved to New Hampshire in 1772, where he studied law with John Sullivan and participated in the patriot movement. A major of the N.H. Brigade, Scammell in 1776 accepted command of the 3rd N.H. Continentals, serving until 1778 when Washington appointed him army adjutant general. In 1780 Scammell resigned to head the 1st N.H. Regiment. He was mortally wounded at Yorktown. From the descripti...

Badlam, Lt. Colonel, fl. 1779.

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