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Samuel Hazard, John Blair Linn, William Henry Egle, George Edward Reed, Thomas Lynch Montgomery, Gertrude MacKinney, Charles Francis Hoban
J. Severns & Company, 1906
A collection of documents supplementing the companion series known as "Colonial records of Pennsylvania" which contain the minutes of the Provincial Council, of the Council of Safety, and of the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania.
 

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Stran 4 - You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the Duty of Colonel by doing and performing all manner of Things thereunto belonging. And we do strictly charge and require all Officers and Soldiers under your Command, to be obedient to your Orders as Colonel.
Stran 6 - They are remarkably stout and hardy men ; many of them exceeding six feet in height. They are dressed in white frocks, or rifle shirts, and round hats. These men are remarkable for the accuracy of their aim ; striking a mark with great certainty at two hundred yards distance.
Stran 4 - Directions from time to time, as you shall receive from us or any other your superior Officer, according to the Rules and Discipline of War ; in pursuance of the Trust hereby reposed in You.
Stran 3 - We, reposing special trust and confidence in your patriotism, valor, conduct, and fidelity, do, by these presents, constitute and appoint you to be general and commander-in-chief of the army of the United Colonies...
Stran 4 - Congress shall take order on that matter. [The form of the enlistment to be in the following words, viz. / have this day voluntarily enlisted myself as a soldier in the American Continental army for one year, unless sooner discharged, and do bind myself to conform in all instances to such rules and regulations as are or shall be established for the government of the said army...
Stran 164 - On the 2d of Novr., 1776, I Sacrificed all I was Worth in the World, to the Service of my King & Country, and joined the then Lord Percy', brought in with me the Plans of Fort Washington, by which Plans that Fortress was taken by his Majesty's Troops the 16th instant, Together with 2700 Prisoners and Stores & ammunition to the amount of 1800 Pound. At the same time. I may with Justice affirm from my Knowledge of the Works, I saved the Lives of many of His Majesty's Subjects...
Stran 9 - This indulgence, together with the remissness of discipline and care in our young officers, had rendered the men rather insolent for good soldiers. They had twice before broke open our guard house and released their companions who were confined there for small crimes, and once when an offender was brought to the post to be whipped, it was with the utmost difficulty they were kept from rescuing him in the presence of all their officers— they openly damned them and behaved with great insolence. However...
Stran 13 - The glory, not the prey." The two crosses combined in the upper corner are of red and gold. These two New Hampshire flags are probably the only ones now in existence which were captured during the Revolutionary War. 410. FIRST PENNSYLVANIA RIFLES. — "A deep green ground, the device a tiger, partly enclosed by toils, attempting the pass, defended by a hunter with a spear (in white) on a crimson field" — thus reads the description of the standard of the First Pennsylvania Rifles.
Stran 968 - We do swear, that the within muster roll is a true state of the company, without fraud to these United States, or to any individual, according to our best knowledge. AB Capt. CD lieutenant or ensign. Sworn to before me, this day of E.
Stran 26 - Pennsylvania rifle-companies, and was known to me from his infancy. He was indeed prodigal of his life, and courted danger out of his tour of duty. The command of the guard belonged to him, on the morning of the attack; but he solicited and obtained leave to take a more conspicuous post; and having led his men through the barrier, where his commanding officer, General Arnold, was wounded, he long sustained the fire of the garrison with unshaken firmness, till at last, receiving a shot in his breast,...

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