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Unknown [Muster roll for Brigadier General William Paterson's brigade]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01450.553.01 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Document Date: 1 January 1779 Pagination: 1 p. ; 31.3 x 19.2 cm. Order a Copy

Contains muster rolls for the regiments of Colonels Marshall (possibly Thomas Marshall), Brewer (possibly Samuel Brewer), Bradford, and Tupper (possibly Benjamin Tupper). Includes a faint ink stain from the docket of GLC01450.553.02.

Paterson, William, 1745-1806
Tupper, Benjamin, 1738-1792
Brewer, Samuel, fl. 1779
Marshall, Thomas, fl. 1776-1779

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