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Cooper, Samuel (1757-1840) Weekly return of the Massachusetts Corps of Artillery

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.10171 Author/Creator: Cooper, Samuel (1757-1840) Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 18 October 1783 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 35.3 x 23.7 cm. Order a Copy

List of the Massachusetts Corps of Artillery. Lists people present in corp by rank and status, where they are on duty, who is on the staff, among others. Of the four captains, one is present for duty, another is also present but sick, and the rest are on the staff. Signed by "Sam. Cooper Adjutant" and "Henry Burbeck Capt. Command."

Cooper was originally a member of the Boston Tea Party. He was a part of the Corps of Artillery and later became Adjutant. Burbeck served as lieutenant of artillery under Colonel Richard Gridley, the Continental Army's first Chief Engineer and artillery commander. He remained in the Artillery Corps under General Henry Knox and later assumed command of a company of the 3rd Continental Artillery Regiment.

Cooper, Samuel, 1757-1840
Burbeck, Henry, 1754-1848

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