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Unknown Statement of the troops who have marched to Fort Washington

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.08167 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document Date: 1791 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 30.9 x 20.3 cm. Order a Copy

Lists the number of officers by company and regiment. Date previously inferred, written in pencil.

Statement of the troops who have marched to Fort Washington -

Companies N. Comissd & privates.
1st Regt: US.....Armstrong………………………………….. 75
Montfort……………………………………. 48
Doyle……………………………………….. 50
Beatty………………………………………. 61……234

2d Regt..U.S….Kirkwood………………………………....... 74
Shailer……………………………………….76
Phelon……………………………………….76
Newman……………………………………..80
Buell………………………………………....73
Lt Sherman}………………………………....49
Ens. Tillinghast}
Detachments {from Connecticut }
{N. Brunswick and}…………. 42
{Philadelphia…….}__________ . . 430
664
Artillery…….. Detachments {under Beatty … 28
{ Phelon … 40
{ Marschalk .7 45
Regulars…….709

[2] - Levies -

1st Regt: ……..Virginia battalion……………………323
Maryland do………………………….310
So Western do………………………..130 763

2d Regt……… Upper Pennsylva..do ………………...266
Lower .. do- do …………………….. 284
New Jersey….do……………………. 213 763
Additional Compy Faulkner………………………………….63
1589
709
2.298
1st Regt:-Artillery & Cavalry previously}
at Fort Washington…. } …. 250
2,548

[docket]
Statement from the
TROOPS Muster Rolls-

TROOPS

The New Nation, 1783-1815
Frontiers and Exploration
Military History
The Early Republic

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