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"Memorandum : There are about 36 houses in the town, 7 of weh. are at the Ferry, and the rest much crowded .- The Inhabitants vastly destressed & impoverished by repeated difficulties, remove'g their stocks, &c., and yet have their full proportion of the public Taxes required by the General Court .- "
Baldwin's Regt., lix. 263.
[Extract.]
Chelsea, 11th October, 1775. Sir :
As the season is advancing, which makes it uncomfortable for the Sentries, to be without cover, especially in the night, I am to
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acquaint you, that we have some Boards, of which we can make Boxes, provided we are furnished with Tools and other inaterials, agreeably to the annexed memorandumn. . .
I am, Sir,
Your most obed. & very huml. Servt. LOAMMI BALDWIN,
Lieut. Col.
The Quarter-Master General.
Baldwin's Regt., lix. 206.
Annexed, is a list of needed tools, and the number and size of nails. Difficulty is expressed as to obtaining lumber near by; but not in the above letter.
November 20, 1775. A Plan of the Chelsea Barrack, 96 feet long, 16 feet wide. Ibid., 266.
Dear Sir: I am Loth to Troble you With thes Lines on Such a Ocasion. But Nesesetey oBliges. Agreeable to your Desiers I Sent for one thousand of Boards, and when they ware Come, Lieut. Carr informed The Temer That it was your orders that the Bordes ware to be left at the Nu Barrick, whare upon, Mr. Dean went to work, Cout out the Stuf, as much as he said was wanted, and for the want of Nailes to finish, was obliged to Leave the Barick ; whar upon, I sent to fetch the Remainder of the Bordes to my Quarters, Except one hundred to Finish thes Baricks, But was Entersepted By Capt. Badlam, wich the Sergant, Being Zelus to Obey my orders, and after he had Loded them in to the Cart, sd. Capt. tourned out a Partey of men, and, By Force, Retouck the Boardes From the Sergant. Now, Sir, Ples to Detarinin Whou is in the Rong, and Let me Now whut I shal. do, for we are under grat Nsesetey of the Bordes.
I am your Hb. Servant, Richd. Dodge, Capt.
Chelsea, Febbary ye 2d, 1776.
To Colo. L. Baldwin.
P.S. Ples to Send a Line, the First opertunity. wrote in a hurey.
Baldwin's Regiment, lix. 205.
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CHAPTER XLV
CHELSEA IN TILE REVOLUTIONARY WAR
Losses from Military Occupation
OON after April 19, 1775, Chelsea was occupied by un- disciplined soldiers from remote parts, who sometimes from necessity and often from mere wantonness committed serious injuries to the estates and personal property of its citizens.
This led to the following order, July 29, 1775:
" Whereas, there have been great Complaint made by the In- habitants here, that some Soldiers Quartered in this place have wantonly taken & Distroy'd their Property, both within doors, & without, have pulled Potatoes [in a] premature state; Pluck'd fruit, in like manner; and are under Apprehentions that their Corn will not be safe, when fit to Eate. It is, therefore, ordered, that no officer nor soldier Enter any field of Corn or Potatoes, orchard or Gardens, to take from them, or to distroy any of the Produce of the Earth, without leave from the owner. As I have the strongest assurance in my own mind, that I shall have the assistance of the officers, & [the] Greatest part of [the] Soldiers, to prevent such unmanly conduct for the futer, I shall therefore Expect to hear no more Complaints of that nature. This order is men't to Extend to the two Companies at Malding & Medford." 1
A notable case was that of Jonathan Green, who owned the present Naval Hospital estate, occupied, as early as May 31, 1775, by soldiers from Berkshire.2 Captain Green was an
1 This order is unsigned, but was issued probably by Col. Gerrish, as on its back is a report addressed to him, dated July 23. Baldwin's Regt., Iviii. file 22, 153.
2 These soldiers may have been those referred to "June 4, 1775: Re- solved, that Col. Lemuel Robinson be directed to pay the three companies of Col. [Fellows] regiment, which came from the County of Berkshire, out of the first money he may receive from the receiver-general." Jour. Prov. Cong., 296. It was occupied later by Colonel Baldwin: "This certifies that
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intelligent citizen of Chelsea; who filled many important offices and trusts with serupulous integrity. He drew up accounts of his losses, containing many interesting particulars, which I give in a note.3
A general statement of losses by the people of Chelsea in the nse of their lands near the ferry by the Continental troops, is in the petition of the selectmen to the General Court in 1780, for a reduction of the town's valnation, for taxation. They say: "that in the time the British forces were in Bos- ton, the Inhabitants of the Southerly, or lower part of the town of Chelsea, were ordered by General Washington, to Remove their Stock of Cattle, horses, and Sheep, Back to some more Distant place from the British army. Agreeable to said orders, said Cretures were Removed back to the upper part of Chelsea, and into other towns, where said Cretures were so short of feed, that they Broke into and Spoiled a Considerable part of the mowing Land. And, by the Stocks being kept away from the Lower part of the town, through the Summer Season, the feed thereof was Lost, and several of the Cattle, that were Drove Back, were Starved and Lost, and the Inhabitants of the Lower part of the town were obliged to Carry back the Little hay they Cut, and the other produce of their farms, into other towns, Six, Seven, & some Eight miles, where they could Get places to keep themselves, their Stocks and hay, at Great Expense ; Also, a Considerable number of honsen and Barns were so torn to pieces by the Soldiers that General Washington sent to Chelsea, that it has since cost the Inhabitants of the Lower part of the town, Very Considerable Sums of money to Repair them, barely fit for nse, and Several Good honses were so spoiled by said Soldiers that they are not Repaired this day, nor Indeed are worth Repairing, but must be Rebuilt; and one large Barn, 30 feet wide, and above 60 Long, the Soldiers Burnt all up for fire-wood; besides, a Great many hundred Rales and posts, that fenced in Considerable of the Inclosures of the town, said Soldiers Burnt, and therby Laid
our main Gard that was kept at Winnesimmet made use of the two dwell- ing houses Belonging to Capt. Jonathan Green at Sd Winnesimmet from September to January last past. March the 28th 1776.
LOAMMI BALDWIN Colo."
8 This note is printed as an Appendix.
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a Considerable part of the town Common, for some years; and, also, said Soldiers Destroyed, and eat, a Considerable part of the Corn, fruit, and Sauce of the town, that year." 4
Rev .. Phillips Payson's estimate of his losses, in 1775, has been given on page 426, n., ante.
January 2, 1776. Voted to choose a Committee, to estimate the damages that any person, or persons, has [or hath] sustained by rcason of the seat of war being brought so near this town.
That Capt. Jonathan Green, Capt. Samuel Sprague, and Samuel Watts, wait upon the General Court, with a petition setting forth the Town's sufferings the past year, on aceount of the war, and asking an abatement of the Provinee tax.5
March 25. Voted to choose a Committee to estimate the damages the town, or any particular person or persons, hath sustained by the King's troops, or part of the Continental army, being stationed in this town. Committee, Capt. John Walton, Col. David Green, and Capt. Samuel Sprague, of Stoneham; the town to pay the committee's charges. 6
March 23, 1776. The Committee appointed to consider petitions for losses at Bunker Hill reported, Thomas Pratt, £1-18-6.7
4 See Subject of Taxation under date of 1780, Chap. L. of this work.
5 Town Rec., i. 190. The facts on which this vote was based may be seen in the Appendix to this chapter.
6 Town Rec., ii. 7.
7 House Jour., 1776, 34.
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APPENDIX
AN Estemate of the Damages that Jonathan Green, of Chelsea, has Sustained, by Reason of the Seat of war Being so near his housen, at winnesimet; and his housen used a number of months, by the main Gard, that was kept at said winnesimet; and, by Reason of the Centries being placed at Several places on his Land, and as his farm was so near to the King's Ships, and the Regular army at Bunker's hill, he was ordered, and Directed, by the Com- mitces of Malden and Chelsea, and by the officers of the Conti- nental army, to Remove all his Stock of Creatures from Said Chelsea, Back to some more Distant place; and, as he could not Get them kept nearer, he was obliged to Remove them to Stone- ham, Eight miles Distance; and, Likewise, hay to keep them on: through the winter Season, as well as Grain, that he Raised on Said farm, for his family's use, through said winter Season; and, Likewise, his household Goods, for his family to use, where he tended his Cattle.
April ye 19th : 1775, and a number of days after, to removeing his household Goods, Grain & Salt, Meat, &c: 12 Cart Lodes. April ye 20th : 1775.
To removeing 23 head of Cattle & horses, from Chelsea to Stone- ham, and keeping them there, 21 Days, by sd order.
4 of sd. Cattle allowed to Return, and stay at Chelsea,
- 7 days of sd. time.
May ye 9th.
To Removeing 3 Cows, & 3 Calves, Back to Stoneham, after they had been at Chelsea, but one Day, and they Remained at Stoneham, 5 months.
May ye 27th; to Removeing 20 head of Cattle, from Chelsea to Stoncham, 14 days.
May ye 31st : to ye Loss he sustained, by the Soldiers that Came from the County of Berkshire, by their Brakeing open his house, and takeing away 5 Case knives & forks, 6 glass Bottles, 3 pounds of Sugar, 2 quarts of Rum, 6 Spoons, with Some Bread, Meat, & Meal, & Sundry other things.
June ye 18th. To Damage he Sustained, by the Soldiers, be- longing to the army, by Brakeing open his house, and takeing
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away Several knives, forks, Spoons, mugs, 2 pound of Sugar, one Bushel of Dry Beans, & a peek of Salt pertatoes.
June ye 17th : to Removeing 20 head of Creatures, from Chel- sea to Stoneham, by order, and keeping them there, 15 days.
July ye 13th : to Removeing 19 head of Creatures, from Chelsea to Stoneham, by sd. order, and keeping them there, 8 days.
From the first day of June, to the 10th of July, to about 30 Bushels of Green Peas, in the pod, that were taken out of his field, by the Solderie that were Stationed at Chelsea.
To Summer Turnips, taken away by sd. Soldierie, within said term, about 5 bushels.
To Charies, taken off of above 100 Chary trees.
Supposed to have 30 Bushels of Charies,
3 eoppers per quart.
To above 500 Cabages, taken away by said Soldierie, Between the first of July, & ye Last of October.
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To the Loss he sustained between the first of June & the Last of October, by the sd. Soldierie, by their Braking Chests, Tubs, Bar- rels, and by their takeing & useing one Barrel of tabaco, that had about 30 HI of tabaco, in it.
To the Damage he sustained, by said Soldierie Treading Down his English Grass, Leaveing Down his fenee, and so Letting his Cattle, & other peoples' Cattle, into his field, and mowing Land, and Sd. Soldiers turning their horses sundry times, for Several Days, & Some of them for some weeks, together, into his mowing land and orchards, Between ye 10th of June, & the Last of Oeto- ber; 3 tuns destroyed.
To Damage sd. Green Sustained, within sd. term, by said Sol- diers Spoiling his English hay & salt hay, by their Spreading it about, and Laying on it; 1 tun Destroyed.
To above 120 hills of pertatoes, taken out of Sd. Green's field, by sd. Soldierie, Supposed to amount to more than 10 Bushels.
To Roasting Ears of Corn, that said Soldiers took out of sd. Green's field, Supposed to be Sufficient to have made more than 10 Bushels of Corn, when Shel'd.
To apples enough, to have made more than 30 Barrels of sider, taken out of sd. Green's orehard, by said. Soldiers, in the Summer and fall Season.
To above 30 Bushels of Good pairs, taken out of his orehard by said soldiers.
To the Damage, Sd. Green Sustained, by Removeing, by order of the General of the army, all his stoek of 26 head of Cattle & horses, from Chelsea to Stoneham, on the 11 day of November, without any Liberty to Return them Baek, untill the King's Ships
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and Regulars Removed from Boston, which was above 5 months ; and above 6 weeks, of the first part of the time, said Green had feed enough to have kept his Stock of Cattle and horses, on his place; as the Same was, the most of the time, not Covered with Snow, and so he was obliged to feed his Stock of Creatures on hay, all said 6 weeks.
To Carting 73 Lodes of hay, for his stock to feed on, and Grain & Saus, for the use of his famaly.
To Damage that the said Green Sustained, by the Soldiers Sta- tioned at Chelsea, in his two Large Dwelling-houses, three Barns, hogs' Sties, and other out-houses; and in the fences on said farm; and, also, in Damage Done to his fruit trees, as follows, Viz .:
To the Damage done to the Glass windows of sd. houses.
to Damage Done to the Clabords & shingles of sd houses.
to Damage Done to the Doors, flower, & other parts of said houses.
to Damage Done to said Barns.
to Damage done to said hogs' Stics, & other out-houses.
Glass, 30 Squares, 8" by 10.
18 Squares of Glass, 7 by 9.
10 Squares of Glass, 5 by 7.
8 Casements wanting, that had 48 squares, of 8 by 10, Glass.
9 Doors Spoilt, Belonging to Sd. houses.
380 feet of Boards wanting, at the best Barn.
189 Rales, & 35 posts, Burnt by sd. Soldiers.
about 120 feet of Board fence, &
hogs' stie, Burnt; Sd. stie, 10 feet Square, Covered.
Chelsea, May ye 7th, 1776.
JONATHAN GREEN.
The following is the foregoing account, revised, with damages in currency :
An account of the Damages that Jonathan Green. of Chelsea, has Sustained, by Reson of so much of the Seat of the present war, being brought to Chelsea; and So near his farm in Sd. town. Viz .: -
April ye 19th : 1775. To Removeing his Stock of 20 head of Cretures, from Chelsea to Stoncham, 8 miles, by Di- rection of the Comtt. of Corispondence, 18 days, to his Damage,
May ye 9th, to Removeing Back Several Cows and Calves. from Chelsea to Stoneham, 8 miles, 16 days, to his Damage, 2: . 0
May ye 15th, to Damage he Sustained, by his Cattle being Detained at malden, by makten Comtt., as he was Driveing them to his farm at Chelsea, from Stoncham. . May ye 27th, to Removeing 22 head of his Cattle from
3:
0: 8: 0
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Chelsea, 8 miles, by order of the offieers of the army, 15 days, . 2: 14: 0 June ye 17th : to Damage he Sustained, by his Removeing 24 head of his Cretures, from Chelsea, 8 miles; 16 days, at the Direction of the officers of the army, . 2: 10: 0 July ye 13th, to Removeing 24 head of his Cretures from Chelsea, 8 miles; 7 days, to his damage, .
From June ye Ist: to the 15th of July, to damage he sustained by the soldiery, that Belonged to the army, by their takeing away, out of his field, about 30 Bushels of Green peas, Summer turnips, & young eabages, to the Value of 6: 0: 0
In the month of July, to Damage he Sustained, by sd. Soldiers takeing away all his Charies that Grew on above 1000 trees,
4: In the months of June & July, to Damage he Sustained, by said Soldiers treading down his English Grass, Leave- ing down his fenee, & turning their horses into his mowing land, a number of Days - together, & some of sd. horses, some weeks, which Destroyed as much Grass, as would have made Between 3 & 4 Lode of English hay, as was Supposed,
10: 0. 0
And to Damage Sustained, by sd Soldiers Spoiling his hay in his Barns, for their bedding,
3: 0. 0
& in the months of August, Septr: & Oetr., to damage he Sustained, by Sd. Soldiers takeing away & Devouring his apples & pairs,
6: 0: 0
Sd. pairs, to the amount of above 30 Bushels, and as many apples, as would have made about 30 Barrels of Cyder. This page total Carried forward to the Second page, 41: 2: 0
The total of the Last page, Brought forward,
41: 2:
In the months of August, and Septr., to as many Ears of Corn, as would have amounted to 20 Bushels of Corn, taken out of his field, by sd. Soldiers, for Roasting, to his damage,
4: 10. 0
In the months of Septr. & Octr., to pertatoes & winter turnips, taken away by sd. Soldiers, out of his field, & a number of Cabages, Squashes, to sd. Greens damage, Novr. ye 11th. To the Damage Sustained by him, in his Removeing baek, from Chelsea, all his Stoek of Cre- tures, by order of the General, when he had feed enough on his farm, to have kept his Stoek of 26 head of Cre- tures, Sixe weeks, after sd. 11th of Novr., 56 -17- 0
2: 5.0
9: 10: 0
April, to Damage Sustained by Removeing his Good Eng- lish & Indian Corn, meat & pertatoes, from Chelsea to Stoneham, & some hay, to keep his Stock on, Being 12 Lode in all, . 3: 12. 0
In June, July, August, Septr., Oetr., & Novr., to his Dam- age for Removeing 73 Lode of hay, English; Grain, Sause, Indian Corn, 82: 7: 0 21: 18: 0
1. 10: 0
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CHAPTER XLVI
CHELSEA IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR
Quolas, Enlistments, Bounties, and Pay
A FTER the evacuation of Boston by Howe's army, March 17, 1776, the seat of war was transferred from the Charles to the Hudson,1 and Massachusetts was partially re- lieved from apprehension, but not wholly; for the British might return, as more than once seemed probable. To guard against this, fortifications were erected in the harbor, and companies for observation stationed at exposed points. Chel- sea had her share of this burden. Nor was this the end. The war, thus far confined to Massachusetts, was provincial; but after March 17, 1776, it became continental, for which Chelsea had to furnish her successive quotas. The following account of her labor in this respect I glean from her records and other sources, and give them in details which tell the story far bet- ter than general statements.
1776, June 3. Voted, £70. 16s., L.M., to pay the five men that entered the serviec of the Province, to go to Canada.2
July, 1776. Town paid Samuel Sargeant, £0. 9. 0, for going to Boston to hire men for the War, and cash expended on said men ; also, Joseph Pratt, £0. 10. 0, for the same service.3
July 20. Voted to raise £70. 16., to pay the five men who in- listed in the service of the Province to go to Canada.
1 March 28, 1776, Colonel Baldwin was ordered by Adjutant of General Gates to have teams at Chelsea sufficient to bring the baggage of his regi- ment to Cambridge " this day "; in order to proceed on their journey to New York, " to morrow." - Baldwin's Regt., lix. file ISS. $ Town Rec., ii. 9.
3 These and similar entries in the town records will be found in Volume ii. Where several entries fall under the same year, it is given only in the first instance.
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The following letter and petition explain themselves :
Chelsea, 5 Augt .- 1776.
Hond Sir :
I received your Commands, of July 25, to have the Militia in this Town at a Minute's warning, &C., and should have obeyed them, with the greatest cheerfulness, had it been in my power, but for the want of our Commissions. We are, at present, quite un- able to do anything in the military way; and since unwearied pains, among us, have been hitherto unsuccessful, I must beg your honor's Influence to procure a settlement of our militia :- the Town instructed their Representative to make it the first objcet of his endeavor, in the late session of our assembly .- I much solic- ited the field-Officers of Boston Regiment, to which we formerly belonged, to preside at the meeting when officers were chosen, but could not prevail with one, to do it; the Town, therefore, ehose a Justice of the Peace for their Moderator, and were unanimous in their Choice :- since which repeated application has been made to the honble Council, but we are refused Commissions, because a field-officer did not preside at the meeting, and it was quite out of our power to obtain one .- It seems as if some strange fatality attended the thing. Your honor, I trust, will procure our settle- ment and Commissions, when you will ever find me most obedient to your commands :- upon this representation of facts, I doubt not, you will excuse my utter incapacity to obey .- Permit me to add, the Company is far from being inconsiderable, and desireous of being upon a footing with their Neighbors :- a regard to the public safety, I doubt not, will induce your Honor to procure for us a speedy settlement, and our Commissions, when your honor's Commands shall be ever obeyed, with the greatest precision and alacrity, by
Sir, Your most obedt. huml : servt,
SAMUEL CLARK.
The Town unanimously chose, at a very full meet&, -
Sam" Clark, Capt., Jonathan Williams, Lieut .- James Stower, Ensn .- To the honble James Warren, Esqr.
[Endorsement] : - Sam1. Clarke's Letter, dated Chelsea, rela- tive to a Company, to be comisionated; Aug. 5, 1776.
[Address : ] - To The honble James Warren, Esqr .- Boston.4
4 Mass. Archives, cxcv. 169.
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The representations of Samuel Clark proving ineffectual, they were followed by those of the Selectmen.
To the honorable Council and House of Representatives of the State of Massachusetts Bay, in General Court assembled, in their present session, at Boston, Dec., 1776.
The petition of the Selectmen of the Town of Chelsea humbly sheweth.
That, as the Militia of said Town is not settled, by being an- nexed to any Regiment, and having no commissioned officers, which occasions difficulties, - your petitioners pray the Company may be annexed to Boston Regiment, to which it formerly be- longed, and commissions given to its officers, that we may be enabled the better to conform to the militia act, and in better readiness for the defence of our Country ; - and your petitioners, as in duty bound, shall ever pray, &e.
JONATHAN WILLIAMS. JOSEPH GREEN. SAMLL SPRAGUE. JAMES STOWERS. Selectmen of Chelsea.
The officers chosen are, Sam1. Clark, Capt. ; Jona Williams, Licut .; James Stowers, 2d Lt.
[ Endorsed: | Petition of Selectmen of Chelsea with report, or- dered to subside.
MAAR. BATCHELDER. MAJR. EPPES. MR. ROBINSON.
The Committee on the within Petition Have attended to that service, and Report as their Opinion that the prayer of said Peti- tion be granted, & that the Council Be desired to Commissionate the Persons Mentioned by the Selectmen, as set forth in said Petition.5
March 11, 1777. Order for Col. Baldwin to pay Ens. Hastings money due Jonas Dickson for " travelling, wages, and milage, and one dollar, for the use of my gun." "
1777, May 26. Voted, no person be allowed to sell any Sheep's Woll ont of the Town, till the Inhabitants be supplied, both for their own use and for the use of the Soldiers.
That the Committee of Correspondence, Inspection, and Safety procure the Wool to make blankets for the use of the Town to be disposed of by the Town, or the Seleetmen, for the Town's benefit.
" House Files. Feb. 1776, No. 57.
Baldwin's Regt., Iviii. file 2, 42.
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That Capt. Samuel Sprague, Mr. John Tucksbury, Mr. Joshua Cheever, Mr. Andrew Tucksbury, and Mr. David Beleher, be the committee.7
The following petition indicates a draft at Chelsea for soldiers in the expedition against Burgoyne in 1777:
September 23. A petition of Samuel Watts of Chelsea, that his son Samuel, who is skipper of one of the Ferry Boats, which ply at Winnisimmet, was draughted on the reeent Expedition, and, praying that he may be exeused from going, Read, and the petitioner had leave to withdraw.8
Oet. 18. Order on Abijah Hastings to pay Jos. Little and Jacob Baker, of Capt. Rieh. Dodge's Company, travelling charges.9
Though no full company was enlisted from Chelsea against Burgoyne, several of her citizens were in Captain Moses Greenleaf's company (Colonel Ebenezer Francis's Regt. ), as appears from " An Abstract of the Subsistance due from the time of their Inlistment until the day of their arrival at Bennington." 10
I eannot now say to what expedition the following order refers :
Chelsea, November ye 8, 1777.
Colonel Loamy Baldwin. Sir : be Pleased to deliver the Barer the travelling charges that is Due for our passage Home and mus- kits, and in so Doing you will oblige, yours to serve, John Pratt, Samuel Hutton Pratt, Naaptilie Newhall, Nathaniel Ridgway, Thomas Ridgway. Receipt signed, Eleazer Newhall, for travelling expenses and use of fire-arms.11
Jan. 8, 1778, The town voted Ezra Brintnall £10 for raising men to go to war.
" Town Rec., ii. 14.
8 House Jour., 1777, 88.
9 Baldwin's Regt. Iviii. file 2, 4.
10 Mil. Rolls, xix. 129.
Silas Clark, Lieut., Dec. 3, 1776, travel, 230 miles, days 116 1/2. Adam Tufts, Feb. 4, 1777, 66 66 66 52 1/2.
Nathan Cheever, 6,
50 1/2.
50 1/2. Syphan Carry, 46 Jethro Townsend, 10 66 66 46 1/2.
Jonas Dinson, 17
39 1/2.
Thomas Renken, 24,
32 1/2. All of Chelsea.
11 Baldwin's Regt., Iviii. file 2, 7.
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