Records of the Revolutionary War: Containing the Military and Financial Correspondence of Distinguished Officers; Names of the Officers and Privates of Regiments, Companies, and Corps, with the Dates of Their Commissions and Enlistments; General Orders of Washington, Lee, and Greene, at Germantown and Valley Forge; with a List of Distinguished Prisoners of War; the Time of Their Capture, Exchange, Etc. To which is Added the Half-pay Acts of the Continental Congress; the Revolutionary Pension Laws; and a List of the Officers of the Continental Army who Acquired the Right to Half-pay, Commutation, and LandsPudney & Russell, 1858 - 554 strani |
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... duty to place my collections within the reach of all interested . In so doing , I am not without a strong reason to induce a belief that they will be of some considerable historical interest in indicating the different locations and ...
... duty to place my collections within the reach of all interested . In so doing , I am not without a strong reason to induce a belief that they will be of some considerable historical interest in indicating the different locations and ...
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... duty . It is not your fault , I believe , that you have been frequently obliged to repeat them . But I must again observe that in your letter of the 6th inst . you have confessed that " several officers have refused giving an account of ...
... duty . It is not your fault , I believe , that you have been frequently obliged to repeat them . But I must again observe that in your letter of the 6th inst . you have confessed that " several officers have refused giving an account of ...
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... duty to the public and their own reputations as to resign before they have settled their accounts . You are to call upon them to join the army immedi- ately , in order to adjust them with you ; and if they neglect to attend for that ...
... duty to the public and their own reputations as to resign before they have settled their accounts . You are to call upon them to join the army immedi- ately , in order to adjust them with you ; and if they neglect to attend for that ...
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... duties of his office in Walnut - street . PAY OFFICE , PHILADELPHIA , March 20 , 1780 . GENTLEMEN : -Mr . Pierce , Deputy Paymaster - general for the main army , informs me 1,500,000 dollars is wanting for the pay- ment of the troops ...
... duties of his office in Walnut - street . PAY OFFICE , PHILADELPHIA , March 20 , 1780 . GENTLEMEN : -Mr . Pierce , Deputy Paymaster - general for the main army , informs me 1,500,000 dollars is wanting for the pay- ment of the troops ...
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... duty of the office will require my presence at camp , and I cannot give my attendance here at another time ; and it is ex- tremely disagreeable to confine one's self so constantly as the duty of the office requires , undergoing the ...
... duty of the office will require my presence at camp , and I cannot give my attendance here at another time ; and it is ex- tremely disagreeable to confine one's self so constantly as the duty of the office requires , undergoing the ...
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66 John Abraham Alexander Andrew April 18 April 25 April 9 Artillery August Benjamin Board of Treasury Bombardier Brigade BURRALL camp Captain Captain-lieutenant Captured June Charles Colonel command Commissioned Jan Commissioned January Commissioned November 21 COMPANY Corporal Daniel David December Deserted April died discharged dollars Drummer Ebenezer EBENEZER STEVENS Edward Enlisted Enlisted Enlisted Feb Ensign February Fifer First-lieutenant Fort Montgomery Francis gentlemen George Gunner Henry Honorable Board Hugh humble servant inclosed Isaac Jacob James January 9 Jeremiah JOHN PIERCE Jonathan Jones Joseph Joshua July July 24 June 20 Lewis Lieut Lieutenant Lieutenant-colonel March Matross Michael MORRISTOWN Nathaniel Non-commissioned Officers obedient servant P. M. Gen PALFREY Patrick PAY OFFICE Paymaster Paymaster-general Peter PHILADELPHIA Philip Promoted received regiment returned in Capt Richard RICHARD MONTGOMERY Robert Samuel Second-lieutenant Sept Sergeant serving the whole SIR-I taken prisoner Thomas Thompson Three Rivers troops
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Stran 443 - We are reduced to the alternative of choosing an unconditional submission to the tyranny of irritated ministers, or resistance by force. The latter is our choice. We have counted the cost of this contest, and find nothing so dreadful as voluntary slavery.
Stran 498 - An Ordinance for ascertaining the mode of disposing of Lands in the Western Territory.
Stran 492 - That all the lands within the territory so ceded to the United States, and not reserved for or appropriated to any of the before-mentioned purposes, or disposed of in bounties to the officers and soldiers of the American Army, shall be considered as a common fund for the use and benefit of such of the United States as have become, or shall become members of the confederation or federal alliance of the said States...
Stran 491 - September last ; that is to say, upon condition that the territory so ceded shall be laid out and formed Into states, containing a suitable extent of territory, not less than one hundred nor more than one hundred and fifty miles square...
Stran 491 - September last, shall be disposed of for the common benefit of the United States and be settled and formed into distinct republican States, which shall become members of the Federal Union and have the same rights of sovereignty, freedom and independence as the other States...
Stran 473 - An incessant attention to preserve inviolate those exalted rights and liberties of human nature for which they have fought and bled, and without which the high rank of a rational being is a curse instead of a blessing.
Stran 473 - ... the officers of the American avmy do hereby, in the most solemn manner, associate, constitute, and combine themselves into one SOCIETY OF FRIENDS, to endure as long as they shall endure, or any of their eldest male posterity, and in failure thereof, the collateral branches, who may be judged worthy of becoming its supporters and members.
Stran 304 - British service, as his resignation has never been accepted, and that you intend to try him as such by a court-martial. I will not undertake to determine how far this doctrine may be justifiable among yourselves, but I must give you warning that Major-general Lee is looked upon as an officer belonging to, and under the protection of the United...
Stran 302 - Indecision bids fair for tumbling down the goodly fabric of American freedom, and, with it, the rights of mankind. 'Twas indecision of Congress prevented our having a noble army, and on an excellent footing. 'Twas indecision in our military councils which cost us the garrison of Fort Washington, the consequence of which must be fatal, unless remedied in time by a contrary spirit.
Stran 368 - House, for the Trial of such Prisoners as shall be brought before them. Lieut.-Col. Mawhood, President. Capt. Adye, Deputy Judge Advocate, to whom the Dates of the Officers' Commissions, &c., are to be sent this Evening.