Whitney, Josiah (1752-1837) [Return of Colonel Whitney's Regiment]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01450.190.02 Author/Creator: Whitney, Josiah (1752-1837) Place Written: s.l. Type: Document signed Date: 4 September 1778 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 20 x 24.5 cm. Order a Copy
Possibly created in an area known as Patuxet, Massachusetts. Lists the names of 13 captains. States that this document is intended for General Enoch Titcomb. Possibly created by Colonel Josiah Whitney.
Jonathan Titcomb served as commander general of Essex County troops during the Revolutionary War, and later as major general of the state militia. Patuxet was a Wampanoag community located on the Plymouth Bay.
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