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At a meeting July 30, 1781 :
Voted to choose a committee to raise ye soldiers that is and may be called for this present year and gave them discretionary power to give their obligations in behalf of the Town. Voted that said committee con- sist of three men. Viz. Captain Peabody, Lt. Peter Cross, Ens. Elijah Hills.
Voted that ye obligations which the committee has given to ye sol- diers for corn in behalf ye Town, that the rate therefor be made in corn only without mentioning money.
The corn rate as assessed by the selectmen amounted to 563 bushels, twenty quarts and one pint.
April 15, 1782:
An article in the warrant at this time to see if the town would vote to obtain several continental soldiers for three years or during the war was not carried, but at an adjourned meeting, April 17, a committee consisting of Joseph Greeley, Lt. Reuben Spalding and Ens. Nathaniel Davis was chosen "to hire several Continental soldiers for three years or during the war, and give them power as they see fit."
Again May 13, 1782, it was
Voted to choose a committee to raise the Continental soldiers called for. Namely, Maj. James Ford, Captain Cummings, Ens. Elijah Hills, Jeremiah Hills, Joseph Blodgett, Ens. Sim. Barrett, Lt. Ezekiel Hills, Seth Hadley, Henry Hale, Lef. Hen. Tarbox, Lef. Benj Kidder and Seth Wicom :
Voted to impower this committee in behalf of the Town to give their private security for to hire s'd soldiers not to exceed 100 dollars for each soldier yearly for three years.
Voted to allow Jeremiah Blodgett the depreciation of the town mon- ey that sunk on his hands.
September 16, 1782.
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Voted to allow Capt. Marsh and Capt. Cummings the sixty bushels of corn they engaged to a soldier this year.
Voted and allowed the constable to take one silver dollar in lew of four New Emission dollars.
November 25, 1782.
Voted to accept the new plan of Government as it now stands, with two amendments ; to wit'ly :
That every man in the Town or parish shall pay to the support of the Gospel, where he lives, unless he maketh it appear that he attends else- where.
The 16th article in the Bill of Rights not accepted.
The corn rates were still causing trouble, and May 26, 1783, Capt. Samuel Marsh was chosen "to see what meth- od the Town will take to recover the remainder of the Corn Rate that is due to the Town in the constable's hands."
The foregoing transcripts from the town records con- tain substantially all of the more important actions of the town in relation to the Revolutionary war as found upon the accounts of the forty-five town meetings-annual and special-held from March 21, 1775, to September 8, 1783.
A study of these records shows something of the deep, underlying anxiety accompanying the history of those eight long, dreary years of the Revolutionary period. Despite the many discouragements and adversities that beset their attempt, our brave ancestors-few in numbers-there were only about three millions of inhabitants in the thirteen United Colonies-with little wealth, and, at the beginning, no organized army, achieved a wonderful victory against one of the greatest and most powerful nations of the world, Great Britain.
CHAPTER XXI
DARK DAYS OF THE REVOLUTION
The history of the Revolution, which should be of the greatest interest to every true American citizen, has been written and published many times, so it does not seem to come within the province of this work to enter into its de- tails, except as it concerns directly the patriotic people of old Nottingham West now known as Hudson. Mr. Fox, in his History of Old Dunstable Township, says :
"From the commencement of the Revolutionary diffi- culties, a deep and universal feeling of indignation pervaded the community. The men who had settled the wilderness, and defended their homes from the attack of the Indian en- emy; and had built them up a great and goodly heritage, unaided by stepdame England, were not the men to quietly yield up their dear-bought rights without a struggle.
"Their love for the mother country was never very strong, for there was little cause for gratitude, and the first appearance of oppression and wrong was the signal for re- sistance.
"This feeling was stronger in New England than in the other colonies, and manifested itself at an earlier date, because the Puritans, having been forced to leave their Fatherland by oppression and insults, and having made for themselves a new home in the wilderness, unassisted and unprotected, felt it a more grievous and insufferable wrong, that England should seize upon the first moment of pros- perity, to heap upon them new oppressions and new in- sults here.
"The division of New England into townships-those little democracies as they were aptly called-each self-gov- erned, where every citizen feels that he is a part of the commonwealth, has municipal rights and duties, and
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learns to think and act for himself, was an excellent school for training up the Fathers of our Republic, and teaching them the principles of self-government upon a more ex- tended scale. During the long succession of encroach- ments, which preceded and caused the Revolution, the in- habitants of this town were not indifferent. They had watched the storm as it gathered, and knew its consequen- ces must be momentous."
What Mr. Fox wrote in relation to the inhabitants of Dunstable, now Nashua, was equally true of Nottingham West, and a majority of the other New England towns. Their interests were identical, and with the exception of a few Loyalists or Tories in some towns, they arose as one man and subscribed the pledge that "We, the subscribers, do hereby solemnly engage and promise that we will, to the utmost of our power, at the risk of our lives and fortunes, with arms oppose the Hostile Proceedings of the British Fleets and Armies against the United American Colonies."
There could be no misunderstanding as to the meaning of that statement, brief, plain and to the point. And after a long and bloody struggle of eight years' duration, they fully redeemed their pledge, winning from the mother country a full and significant victory, which included a rec- ognized independence.
From the first the people of New England, who, as the royalists complained, "had never set a good example of obedience," had been apparently desirous and prepared for a collision. Thus, the news of the clash of arms at Lexington was no surprise to them, and the swift-footed messenger who carried the news of battle to the men up the Merrimack valley was not swifter than they in their response to the summons.
In that grand rush to the front, the citizens of Not- tingham West were among the most zealous of the aroused patriots. The military spirit transmitted from their fa- thers, re-enforced by their own experience in the frontier wars, especially by many who had served under Rogers
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and Stark throughout the French and Indian conflict, was awakened into activtiy by the forerunners of the coming danger.
Shortly before midnight on the 18th of April, 1775, a detachment of British troops, numbering eight hundred men, under the command of Lieut. Col. Smith, had been conveyed across the Charles River from Boston to Cam- bridge. From this place the body of troops began their memorable march to Lexington and Concord. The alarm of this expedition was immediately spread throughout the country by mounted messengers, some of whom had antic- ipated the movement.
The distance from Nottingham West by the roads then traveled was about forty miles. According to tradi- tion the news reached here before noon of the 19th, and was quickly sent in every direction by mounted couriers riding to the most remote sections of the town, and, as they galloped on their exciting mission, calling out to the inhab- itants as they sped on their way a warning note of the im- pending invasion by the British Regulars. So swiftly did the news spread and so thoroughly aroused were the peo- ple that on that very afternoon sixty-five men, equipped for war with their muskets and ammunition, met ready to march against the enemy.
It is related by the descendants of Asa Davis, as a fam- ily tradition, that when the messenger arrived at his home on Bush Hill, he was plowing in the field with his oxen. Upon listening to the exciting news Mr. Davis, leaving his oxen to be unyoked and cared for by his patriotic wife, Eliza- beth, saddled his horse, seized his musket and rode furi ously to join the Minute Men already gathering on the common at Hudson Center.
These brave volunteers quickly organized under the command of Capt. Samuel Greeley, and awaited his order to march to meet the British Red-coats at Lexington. Un- fortunately the old military records of this town were lost long since, or destroyed. Had they been preserved many
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interesting facts could have been gleaned from them, which are now impossible to obtain. Fortunately, however, the muster roll of this company of sixty-five Minute Men, all from this town and mustered so quickly that they marched that very evening for Lexington, has been preserved. The original muster roll of this patriotic band is in the posses- sion of the New Hampshire Historical Society at Concord, of which the following is a copy:
MUSTER ROLL OF 1775
A Muster roll of Capt. Samuel Greeleys Compt, who turned out Vol- lenteers from Nottingham West in New hampshire at the time of Lexing- ton Battle on the 19th of April 1775 .*
Capt. Samuel Greeley
8
85
£2 16 4 £1 17 6 424 12 ₺16 9 10
Lieut. Joseph Kelley
12
85
2 16 4
2 16 4 0 19
0 17
6
0
0 2 5 8
Sergt. Wilm. Merrill
6 85
1 82
0 12 0 15
6 7
00 0
0 2 3 9
Sergt. Ebenezer Pollard
6 85
1 8 2
6
0
0 2 0 8
Corpl. Justus Dakin
6 85
1 8 2
0 12 0 11 0 15
9
6
9
0
0 1 19 11
Corpl. John Pollard
8 85
1 82
0 14
6
0
0 2 2 8
fifer Benj. Marshall
6
85
1 8 2
0 11
6
0
0
1 19 8
fifer Samll. Currier
8
85
1
82
0 14 6
0
0 2 2 8
Samll. Marsh
6
85
1
8 2
010 0
0
0
2 4 0
Peter Cross
6
85
1 8 2
1 82
0 10
0
00
1 18 2
Ebenezer Perry
10
85
1 8 2
0 14
8
0
0
2 2 8
Elijah Hills
6
85
1
8 2
0 10
0
0
0
1 18 2
Ezekiel Hills
6
85
1 82
0 10
0
0
0
1 18 2
Jeremiah Hills
6
85
1 8 2
0 10
0
0 0
1 18 2
Samll. Hills
6
85
1
8 2
0 10
0
0
0 1 18 2
Richard Marshall
6
85
1
8 2
0 10
0
0
0
1 18
2
Daniel Hardy
3
85
1
82
0 5
0
0 0
1 13 2
Seth Hadley
6
85
1
8 2
0 10 0
00
1 18 2
Abijah Reed
10
85
1
8 2
0 14 8
0 0
2 8
6
85
1
8 2
0 15 10 0 10 0
0
0 1 18 2
Ebenezer Cummings
6
85
0 0 0 2 2 8
Corpl. Simeon Berrot
8 85
1 82
200
6
0
0 3 15 10
Ens. John Pollard
8
85
Clerk James Ford
10
85 1 82
2 08
Sergt. Wm. Burns
8 85
1 8 2
0 1 19 16
Corpl. Jona. Bradley
6 85
1 82
0 11
0
0 1 18 2
Reuben Spalding
424 0 9 12 4
* The first column denotes the number of days in the service; the second, the number of miles travelled; third, the compensation at 2d a mile; fourth, amount of wages due; fifth, pounds of pork and bread; sixth, gallons of rum; seventh, sum total.
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Richard Cutter
10
85
1 82
0 14 8
0
C
22 8
Nehemiah Winn
11
85
1 8 2
0 15 10
0
0 0
1 18 2
Abathar Winn
6
85
1 82
0 10 0
0 10
0
0
0
1 18 2
Joshua Chase
6
85
1 82
0 10
0
0
0
1 18 2
John Haseltine
6 85
1 82
0 10
0
0
0
1 18 2
David Glover
6
85
1 8 2
0 10
0
0
0
1 18 2
Oliver Hills
6
85
1 82
0 10 0 10
0
0
0
1 18 2
Samll. Campbell
10
85
1 82
0 14
8
0
0
2 2 8
Samll. Smith
6
85
1
82
0 10
0
0
0
1 18 2
Moses Berrot
6
85
1 8 2
0 10
0
0
0
1 18 2
Richard Hardy
6
85
1 8 2
0 10
0
0
0
1 18 2
Jona. Blodgett
6
85
1 82
0 10
0
0
0
0
1 18 2
Samll. Durrent
6
85
1 82
0 10
0
0
0
1 18 2
Samll. Moor
6
85
1 8 2
0 10
0
0
0
1 18 2
Andrew Seavey
6
85
1 82
0 10
0
0
0
1 18 2
Stephen Chase
6
85
1 8 2
0 10
0
0
0
1 18
2
James Pemberton
6
85
1 82
0 10
0
0
0
1 18 2
John Osgood
10
85
1 82
0 14
8
0
0 2 2
8
Nat. Hardy
6
85
1 8 2
0 10
0
0
0
1 18 2
Benja. Marshall
6
85
1 8 2
0 10
0
0
0
1 18 2
Danl. Marshall
6
85
1 8 2
0 10
0
0
0
1 18 2
John Walker
8
85
1 8 2
0 12
4
0
0
2 0
6
Joseph Gould Jr
6
85
1 8 2
0 10
0
0
0 1 18
2
John Merrill
6
85
1 8 2
0 10
0
0
0 1 18 2
David Cummings
6
85
1 8 2
0 10
0
0
0
1 18
2
Thomas Wason
6
85
1 8 2
0 10
0
0
0
1 18 2
Alexander Caldwell
6
85
1 82
0 10
0
0
0
1 18 2
Thomas Caldwell
6
85
1 8 2
0 10
0
00
1 18 2
Asa Davis
8
85
1 82
0 12
4
0 0
20 6
Samll. Wason
6
85
1 82
0 10
0
0
0
1 18 2
Echobad Easman
6
85
1
8 2
0 10
0
0
0
1 18
2
Abraham Page
6
85
1 82
0 10
0
0
0
1 18 2
Nat. Davis
6
85
1
8 2
0 10
0
0
0
1 18 2
John Campbell
6
85
1 82
0 10
0
0
0
1 18 2
Henry Heuey
6
85
1
8 2
0 10 0
0
0
1 18 2
0
0
0
1 18 2
Page Smith
6
85
1 8 2
0 1 18 2
Joseph Greeley
6
85
1 8 2
0 10
0
0
0
1 18 2
Stephen Chase, Jr.
6
85
1 82
0 10 0
Benja. Whittemore
6 85
1 8 2
0 2 4 0
June the 9th 1791 the above Return is just & true according to the best of my judmend pr. Joseph Kelley Lieut. the Capt. viz. Samll. Gree- ley being moved out of Town.
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Rockingham SS.
Personally Appeared the above named Joseph Kelley Lieut. of Sd. Compt. and after being Duly Caustion made Solemn oath that the above Return is Just & True According to the Best of his Knowledge Before me.
JAMES GIBSON
June ye 9th 1791.
Just. Peace
PERSONAL SKETCHES
Capt. Samuel Greeley was born in Haverhill, Mass., May 10, 1721, and was fifty-four years old. Ezekiel Hills was fifty-seven, and Abraham Page, probably the oldest man in the company, was sixty years of age. Joseph Gree- ley, son of Captain Greeley, and David Glover were but eighteen. The ages of a majority of the company ranged from twenty-five to forty years. So the entire enlistment was composed of men in the full vigor of manhood, and a determined, resolute band.
Little time was lost in effecting an organization, and the company marched post-haste towards Lexington. Be- fore reaching their destination they were met by a courier, who informed them of the retreat of the enemy, thus they returned to Nottingham West.
Many of these Minute Men immediately enlisted in the army at Cambridge, and at least sixteen of them fought at the battle of Bunker Hill on the 17th of June, 1775. The names of those who figured in that memorable fight were-
Moses Barritt,
Benjamin Marshall,
Robert Bettis, Benjamin Marshall, Jr.,
Josiah Burrows, John Marshall,
Gideon Butler,
William Merrill,
Joshua Chase, John Osgood, Stephen Chase, Jr., James Pemberton,
Thomas Campbell, Timothy Pollard,
Samuel Currier, Abijah Reed, Corp.,
Richard Cutter,
John Robinson,
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Jonathan Emerson, Caleb Severance,
James Ford, Lieut.,
Joshua Severance,
David Glover,
John Seavey,
Robert Glover,
Thomas Senter, Sergt.,
Benjamin Greeley,
John Walker,
Joseph Greeley,
Benjamin Whittemore,
Simeon Hills,
Nehemiah Winn,
David Marsh.
Five of these men, viz .: Josiah Burrows, Simeon Hills, John Marshall, John Robinson and Thomas Senter, were residents of that part of Londonderry that was annexed to Nottingham West in 1778 .*
It is not known that any fatalities occurred among the Nottingham West men at the battle of Bunker Hill. Jos- eph Greeley was severely wounded and was carried from the field on the backs of his comrades, when the patriot troops were forced to retreat. Young Greeley thus es- caped being made a prisoner, and eventually recovered from his wound. Richard Cutter, who was serving as a substitute for his son Seth, was also wounded. He and Seth, his son, who did service in the colonial army at Cam- bridge the same year, have been sometimes credited to Pelham. But Richard Cutter was a resident of this town at that time, and continued to live here until his death April 8, 1795. Seth, his son, who was only seventeen years old at the battle of Bunker Hill, was living here in this town with his father, where he continued to live until his marriage to Abiah Tallant, of Pelham, September 11, 1781, when he became a resident of Pelham.
Robert Bettis has also been credited to Pelham by some writers, while Abijah Reed and Jonathan Emerson have been credited to Nashua. Abijah Reed was assessed
* The New Hampshire Manual, Vol. 6, 1899, also credits to this town James Davis, Thomas Knowlton and James Winn, all privates in Stark's Regiment, but the writer cannot trace them as residents of Nottingham West at that time. It is a well established tradition in the Marsh family that Jonathan Marsh, brother of David, fought at the battle of Bunker Hill, and that he killed one of the enemy and captured his gun .- K. W.
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here in 1774, and almost continually after that until 1790. Bettis and Emerson were assessed here in 1774, and for several years previous.
Ten of these men were in Capt. Archelaus Towne's company, Col. John Stark's regiment. Captain Towne was of Amherst. Eight of these men were in Capt. Levi Spalding's company, Col. James Reed's regiment. Cap- tain Spalding was a native of this town, born October 23, 1737, and he lived here until 1765, when he removed to Lyndeborough, where he remained until his death. Six others of these men from Nottingham West served in Cap- tain William Walker's company, Colonel Reed's regiment. Captain Walker was of Dunstable. The other eight men were in different companies and regiments.
THE TICONDEROGA ALARM
In June, 1777, General Burgoyne, with his fleet, and army, advanced up Lake Champlain towards the important fortress at Ticonderoga, until reaching Crown Point, a few miles distant, where he halted. The news of this threat- ening movement spread swiftly over the country, and be- came known as "The Ticonderoga Alarm." A company was quickly formed at Nottingham West to start to the scene of war. The officers included, thirty-five men enlist- ed for this expedition. The heading of the pay-roll of this company is as follows :
" Pay roll of a number of men Under the command of Capt. James Ford who marched from Nottingham West for Ticonderoga in June and July 1777.
"Marched the first time as far as Dublin where we met an express Odering us home where we Arrived on the 5th of July.
"The 6th we were Ordered out again and marched as far as Number four where we met Colo Ashley who in- formed us of the evacuation of the Fort.
"On which we returned home-"
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The names of these men, all from this town, were as follows:
James Ford, Captain,
Samuel Marsh,
William Burns, Sergt.,
William Hills,
Moses Hadley,
Jonathan Hardy, Corp1, Thomas Pollard,
Thomas Hills,
John Chase,
Philip Hills,
Stephen Chase,
Samuel French,
Joseph Johnson,
George Burns,
Joseph Winn,
Isaac Merrill,
James Caldwell,
David Cummings,
Amos Pollard,
Elijah Hills,
Justus Dakin,
Alexander Caldwell,
Joseph Greeley,
Samuel Pollard,
Asa Davis,
William Merrill,
Jonathan Bradley,
John Caldwell,
Page Smith,
Nicholas Eastman,
Samuel Smith,
Daniel Hardy,
Joseph Cross,
Isaac Hardy,
Abijah Reed.
These men received three shillings each, per day for their services, which, in the depreciated currency of that date, was not very large wages.
This was one of the dark and discouraging periods of the Revolutionary War. The condition of affairs in New England at this time is aptly described by one of its his- torians in speaking of the military affairs in July, 1777 :*
In consequence of the evacuation of Ticonderoga by the Americans, and the southerly movement of the British force under Burgoyne threat- ening the subjugation of New England, the Committee of Safety of this state decided, on the 14th day of July, to call the legislature together for consultation, and accordingly sent notices to the members requesting them to meet on the 17th of the month.
In answer to the summons the council and house of representatives met on the day appointed, and immediately resolved themselves into a committee of the whole to join the Committee of Safety for a conference.
* Isaac W. Hammond, in "Revolutionary War Rolls," Vol. 2, page 139.
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The state was at the time destitute of money and means, and had done all that the citizens generally supposed it could do in the way of fur- nishing troops; but the alternative was before them of assisting to check the advance of Burgoyne's army by sending a force to Vermont, or of having the battlefield of the future transferred to their own territory.
On the second day of this special session, the committee of the whole recommended that the militia of the state be divided into two brigades, the first to comprise the regiments in the eastern portion of the state under the command of Brigadier General William Whipple, and the sec- ond to comprise those in the western portion of the state, and be under the command of Brigadier General John Stark. The committee also rec- ommended that four companies of rangers be raised in the second brigade to scout the frontier, under the orders of General Stark.
These recommendations were adopted by the legislature the same day. Letters from Ira Allen, secretary of the Council of Safety of Ver- mont, earnestly entreating that troops be sent to their assistance, were then read in the committee of the whole, of which Hon. Mesech Weare was chairman.
The matter of furnishing men was fully discussed, and it was gener- ally conceded that the exigency of the occasion required the raising and forwarding of a portion of the militia at once. The main question was as to obtaining money to pay and equip them. The treasury of the state was empty, and no way of replenishing it presented itself, until the patriotic John Langdon arose and said :
"I have one thousand dollars in hard money. I will pledge my plate for three thousand more. I have seventy hogsheads of Tobago rum, which I will sell for the most it will bring. They are all at the service of the state.
" If we succeed in defending our firesides and our homes, I may be remunerated. If we do not, then the property will be of no value to me. Our friend Stark, who so nobly maintained the honor of our state at Bun- ker Hill, may safely be entrusted with the honor of the enterprise and we will check the progress of Burgoyne."
This patriotic appeal was received with enthusiasm, and the legisla- ture at once voted that one-fourth of Stark's brigade, and one-fourth of Thornton's, Badger's and Webster's regiments, of General Whipple's brigade, be drafted and marched immediately for the defense of this and neighboring states.
This force was to be under the command of General Stark, who ac- cepted the commission with the understanding that he was to exercise his own judgment in the management of his troops, and be accountable to and take orders from the authorities of New Hampshire, and no other.
A draft was unnecessary, men enlisted with alacrity and were for- warded to Charlestown by detachments, that place having been desig- nated for rendezvous.
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As soon as 500 men had arrived in Charlestown, the impetuous Stark moved on with them to Manchester, Vermont, leaving orders for others to follow. They reached that place August 7, were re-enforced by some of the "Green Mountain Boys," and received information of the enemy's intention to capture the stores at Bennington.
He pressed forward, and reached that town on the 9th, accompanied by Col. Seth Warner.
The battle occurred on the 16th, and the result, as is well known, cheered and encouraged the Americans, disheartened the enemy, and led to the surrender of Burgoyne's army at Saratoga on the 17th of October following. The brigade under Stark was organized into three regiments, commanded respectively by Colonels Moses Nichols of Amherst, Thomas Stickney of Concord, and David Hobart of Plymouth.
NOTTINGHAM WEST SOLDIERS AT BENNINGTON
Capt. James Ford of this town, commanded a com- pany of fifty-six men at Bennington, which company was in Col. Moses Nichols' regiment, of Gen. John Stark's brigade. This body of troops was raised July 20, 1777, and discharged September 19, with an allowance of nine days for travel.
The names of men from Nottingham West, as found in the pay-roll of the company, are as follows:
James Ford, Captain, Stephen Hadley,
John Merrill, Sergeant, Joseph Johnson,
Justus Dakin, Corporal, Jonathan Marsh,
James Pemberton, Corporal,
Thomas Pollard,
Joseph Blodgett,
Samuel Smith,
Joseph Cross,
Seth Cutter,
Caleb Severance, Joseph Winn.
Possibly a few other men from this town served in the Bennington campaign, but their names are not found in the pay-rolls. The report of the committee, as submitted to the town, December 22, 1777, a copy of which may be found in a former chapter, seems to show that the town paid for the services of eighteen men, $28 each. The fore- going list contains but fourteen names.
In the committee's report the names of Peter Cross, Joseph Blodgett, Moses Johnson, Ens. John Pollard, Tim-
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othy Smith and Joseph Winn, are each credited for the ser- vices of his son. The names of five of these sons, as they appear in the pay-roll are Joseph Blodgett, Joseph Cross, Joseph Johnson, Thomas Pollard and Joseph Winn. The son of Timothy Smith cannot be traced in the pay-roll. He may have furnished some other man as a substitute.
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