Rolls of the Soldiers in the Revolutionary war, 1629 to 1725, Part 18

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John Patton - Capt Command' Charles Kidd - Ensign

Rob. Kirkwood - Capt D. Powell Cox - Lieut. D. R.

John Corse - Lieut. Jos. Horseman, Ensign D. R.

Geo. Purvis - Lieut. John Rhodes - Lieut. D. R.

Paul Luenonault Do

David Hall j' - Colº

James Brattam -- Do

Chas Popple - Colo

Henry Duff - Do

John Vaughan - Major

Caleb Brown - D.º Enoch Anderson - Capt

Jos. Wild - Do John Learmon, Capt. D. R.

Reuben Gilder - L' D. R.

Jas Marre - Capt

Jas Campbell - Ensign Caleb Bennett - Do

To Major General Sullivan

[Ibid. p. 173.] Address of Artillery Officers, Nº 37.

Camp October 27th 1777.

Sir - The other day to my no little surprize, I saw in your Hon- ours Orders, a demand of the reasons why the Commissioned Officers so generally disliked you, as Commander of the Division &c. - For my own part, & the other subscribers hereto, being officers of Artil- lery under your Command, never even heard any insinuations of the mal kind, but to the contrary, thought you was generally beloved by the whole core. We however esteem ourselves much honoured & happy under you, and would wish to be commanded by none other .-

We remain, with due respect Your Honours most Obedient & very Humble Servants Thomas Seward, Captain - Thomas Deane, Capt Lieut. Eli Parsons first Lieut. - John Sleman, Capt Lieut. Thos Bailey 2nd Lieut. To Major Gen1 Sullivan

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[Ibid. p. 174.]

Colo Gunbeys Certificate in behalf of the officers of his Regt Nº 38.

Dear General - From what has been said relative to the officers of your Division being much dissatisfied with you as their Com- mander, I take this method to assure you that I have consulted the officers of my Regiment whether any of them were dissatisfied with being under your, Command, they all assured me they are not, that since they first joined the Division they never have had the least reason to censure any part of your Conduct, and would not wish to be Commanded by any one else in your stead.

From Your very Humble Servant John Gunby, Colº 7th Maryld Regiment

To The Hon'ble Major Gen1 Sullivan -

[Ibid. p. 175.] Major Sterett's Letter, Nº 39.

Camp October 17th 1777 -

Sir - I must beg that you will excuse me for my neglect in not informing you sooner, whether the officers of the First Maryland Regiment were satisfied or dissatisfied with being in the Division commanded by you. - I believe I have collected the sense of most of them and can with pleasure inform you that they hitherto have been and still continue to be pleased under your Command, and many of them (when it was reported that you was to leave the Division) said and earnestly wished to my knowledge that you would continue to Command it. These are also my Sentiments in the matter.

I have the honour to be with Respect Sir Your most hble Servt Wm Sterett, Major Ist Maryd Regt

The Honble Major Gen1 Sullivan

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[Ibid. p. 176.] Address of the 3ª Maryland Regiment, Nº 40.

Camp 13th Octr, 1777 -

Sir. - We the officers of the 3rd Maryland Regiment beg leave to assure your Honour, that so far from wishing you to be removed from your Present Command, we esteem ourselves peculiarly fortunate in serving under you. Justice & Gratitude obliges us to acknowledge ; that we have ever found you attentive to the Complaints, and ready & willing to redress the grievances and supply the wants of both us & our men, as far as fell within the Line of your Duty.

And with respect to confidence in you as a Commander, we chear- fully acknowledge that altho' we should be very unwilling to be es- teemed Cowards, yet we deprecate the day when we shall be called upon to make an attack, in which we think you would be afraid to lead us on ; or reduced to circumstances so intricate and difficult, that your Prudence and Knowledge would not be amply sufficient to extricate us.

Upon the whole Sir, we are extreamly happy, and pleased with our situation, and our sincere wishes are, that your Life, and Health may be long spar'd for a scourge to British Tyranny, and that we may act a Part with your approbation, and Continue to be favoured with that polite attention, which we hitherto experienced. -

We are Sir Your Very Humble Servants

Nat. Ramsey Lt Colº John Toomy Lieut.

Jos. Marbury Captn. Wm Willmott Ist Lieut.

Sam1 Griffith Captn. Peter Clark Lieut.

John Gists Captn. James Allison Lieut.

John Smith Lieut. Richd Chenowrth L'

Sam1 Jones Lieut. John James Ensign

Isaac Duvall Ensign

Horatio Clagett Lieut. G. Armstrong Lieut. Samuel Farmer Ensign

To Major General Sullivan.

[Ibid. p. 177.] Address from Colonel Prices Regt Nº 41.

Division Orders Octr. 13th 1777 -

The General is extreamly sorry to inform the officers of his Division, that he was yesterday informed, in the hearing of the Com-

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mander in Chief ; that the officers of his Division were universally dissatisfied with being under his Command, and had no Confidence in him as an officer, and that they had declared it publickly in many Places, and at all opportunities - This report so injurious to them if false, and to him if true, he wishes to have cleared up. He therefore desires every Commanding officer to give him Candidly their senti- ments upon this matter, he promises them that if any considerable part of his officers are uneasy under his Command, he shall take it kind in them to let him know it, and will immediately remove their difficulties by quitting the Division the instant he finds they wish for it. - But if on the Contrary the report has no foundation in Truth ; he expects & desires them to take the proper steps to bear their Pub- lick Testimony against it. -

(Signed) Lewis Morris A. D.ĮC.

In answer to the above orders, We the subscribers, officers of the 2nd Maryland Regiment, now in Gen1 Sullivan's Division, do declare, that we have not at any time expressed any dissatisfaction, at being Commanded by him; neither have we a wish, nor the least desire, that the Division should be Commanded by any other officer -

Thos Price, Colo E. F. Dyer Lieutenant

Thos Woolford, L' Colo

John Gassaway, Lieut.

Archd Anderson, Capt James Ewing, Lieutenant

John Eccleston, Capt Hezekiah Foard, Ensign

Solomon Long, Capt Wm Wheeller, Ensign Lilburn Williams, Lieut Jno Hardman, Lieutt Benja Price, Lt

[John Sullivan was appointed a brigadier-general June 22, 1775, and was promoted to major-general August 9, 1776. Biographical sketches of him may be found in the work recently published by the State of New York, entitled " General John Sullivan's Indian Expe- dition, 1779," and in Amory's " Life of Sullivan."

The foregoing documents show that he was not only exonerated from all blame in regard to the Staten Island expedition, and the battle of Brandywine, but was endorsed by Congress and the officers in his division. That he enjoyed the confidence and esteem of Wash- ington, and of Congress, is abundantly proved by his being selected for the command of the army in Rhode Island, in 1778, and the com- mand of the expedition against the Indians in western New York, in 1779, - the latter requiring a person of bravery, energy, and pru- dence; with a mind fertile in resources, and competent to act upon short notice, as circumstances might require. He filled both posi-

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tions with credit and honor, and received the thanks of Congress, and of the Legislature of New Hampshire, for his conduct. In Con- gress September 9, 1778, the following was passed :

" Resolved, That the retreat made by General Sullivan, with the troops under his command, from Rhode Island, was prudent, timely and well conducted, and that Congress highly approve the same.

" Resolved, That the thanks of Congress be given to Major General Sullivan, and the officers and troops under his command, for their fortitude and bravery, displayed in the action of August 29th, in which they repulsed the British forces, and maintained the field."

(See also State Papers, N. H., Vol. VIII. p. 805.)

General Sullivan's health was impaired by the hardships and anxiety of the Indian expedition, and on November 30, 1779, he retired from the army, and returned to his home. In the House of Representatives, February 18, 1780, "Voted, That the Honbl Pres ident of the Council & the Speaker pro Temº of the House of Representatives, be desired to wait on the Honble Majr Gen1 Sullivan (now in town) and in the name & behalf of the Gen1 Court of this State congratulate him on his safe return and the recovery of his health, and also give him thanks for his good services."

The latter they perfomed as follows. - ED.]

[Ibid. p. 178.]

Sir - The Council & Assembly of the State of New hampshire in General Assembly convened are gratefully impressed with a lively sense of the merit of such of their Brethren as nobly stept forth in the hour of Distress & Danger and hazzarded their lives in Defence of their Country and we assure you Sir that the Readiness with which you left your nearest & dearest Connections to undergo the fatigues dangers and hardships of a military life and so often to encounter the enemy in the field of Battle in defence of every thing that is held Dear by the good people of these States, merits our warmest approbation & acknowledgement. - It was with great regret that - we were informed that your Health would not permit your longer Continuence in the army. We do in the name and by the Direction of the Legislature of this State congratulate you on your signal successes the year past, on your safe arrival in this State and the measure of health you have recovered & specially thank you for your past services - We doubt not that while you remain among us you will. exert yourself as fully in support of the Civil Rights of the people as you Bravely opposed their enemies in the field.

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[The foregoing, which seems to be a first draft, is endorsed, "Copy of an Address to Gen1 Sullivan." -ED.] €

[Colonel Bedel to General Gates, 1778. Bedel Papers, New Hamp- shire Historical Society, p. 29.]

Col. Hazen has communicated his business to me, and I most sincerely rejoice in the Probability of an expedition into Canada. I see no kind of Difficulty attending it, by the rout or routs proposed, there are three Different routs either of which I think is very Prac- ticable viz Directly from hence to St Johns, to the river Mosca, and to St Francois, all and every of which is marked on Col : Hazens plan -- I shall by and with the advice of Gen1 Bayley and Col : Hazen have them all surveyed immediately. I shall also send three Different Partys to Different Parts of Canada, for intelligence, with orders to return with all possible expedition, a considerable quantity of Provisions both flower and meat may be had at this place, forage is plenty I have eighty Tuns at the service of my Country if wanted - for other Particulars I must refer you to the bearer Col : Hazen - and shall hold myself in readiness with the remainder of my Regt at this place for your Hon's further orders must beg to remind you of some Cloathing for my men.

[The foregoing is copied from a retained copy, and bears no date. No doubt but it should be 1778. - ED.]

[Major Dearborn Recommended for Promotion.]

[Original in Department of State, Washington, D. C.]

Sir Camp at the Valley Forge Jany 3ª 1778

I would beg leave to recommend Major Henry Dearborn, who is the Eldest Major in the New Hampshire State, to fill the Vacancy made by Lieut Colonel Colburn of Colonel Scammell's Regimt Killed the 19th Septem' last. -

His Excellency Gen1 Washington Enoch Poor, B. Gen1

[Endorsed] Major Dearborn Commission'd

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[R. 5-117] [Order to Enlist a Company, 1778.]

State of To Capt Daniel Reynolds.

New Hampř Pursuant to a vote of Council and Assembly you together with Lieu John Mills and Lieut Timothy Blake are ap- pointed to Enlist a Company of Soldiers consisting of Fifty men officers included to serve the United States until the first day of Jan- uary 1779 unless sooner discharged, to be stationed in the State of Rhode Island, unless some necessity should require their removal, but in no case to be marched out of the New England States or the State of New York. You are to enlist none but good ablebodied and effective men, and who are well accoutred. And you are to pay every such Soldier on his enlisting six Pounds as a Bounty, and assure them they shall each receive Fifteen Dollars pr Month while in Service, one Months pay to be advanced them by the Muster Master, also three pence pr mile for travel money from their homes to Providence in the State of Rhode Island.

You will have an order on the Treasurer for money to pay Bounties, and to proceed with Expedition in raising the men and presenting them to the Muster Master appointed to muster your Company - You are to receive Two Dollar's pr man for each Soldier you enlist who passes muster, and the same wages as an officer of your Rank in the Continental army. If you enlist Twenty men you will have a commission to be Captain of said Company.

By order of the Council & Assembly

M. Weare Presidt

Jan'y 2ª 1778.

[R. 5-118] [Petition of John Betton, Soldier, 1778.]

To the Honble the General assembly of the State of New hamp- shire- The petition of John Betton being a soldier in Colo Timothy Biddles Regiment and Capt. James Osgoods Company - Your peti- itoner Humbly sheweth that he was taken Captive (at the Ceders in Canada) by the Indians in the mounth of May 1776 and being often Insulted by the Savages and my life threatened yet by the Providence of God my life was preserved tho afterwards they stript me of every thing that I was possessed of except my Britches and was forced by them to walk seven miles naked except the before mentioned Britches - your Petitioner therefore humbly pray that you would allow 'me pay for my loss at the above place - the articles are exhibited in an

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attested account of the same which was the whole that your Peti- tioner was possessed of in the world at that time and your petitioner shall ever pray John Betton

Jan'y 17th 1778.

[R. 5-121] [Enlistment Document, 1778.]

We the Subscribers Do hereby severally inlist ourselves in the Service of the united States of America in the Company under the Command of Captain Nathaniel Hutchens to continue in that Sarvice Two years from the Date of our Inlistment unless sooner Discharged, and each of us do engage to furnish Cartoch Box knapsack and Blankit hereby promis Obediance to the officers set over us and to be subject in every respect to all ruls and regulations that are or may be apponted for the armey of the aforesaid state -

N. B. The names of those who are hereunto annexed Do acknowledg having Recvd the sum of twenty Dollers Bounty as Sol- ders in the Continental army

Amos Barns george hogg his hand

January ye 20th 1778

March ye Ioth 1778

Dr. The State of N. Hampshire To Capt Nath1 Hutchins for the Bounty of Three Soldiers by me Enlisted

at £6. 0. 0 # man £18. 0. 0 Nath1 Hutchins

the above three men named

Amos Barns

»George Hogg

Thomas Jameson

[Hazen to Bedel. Bedel Papers, p. 52.]

Albany 29th Jany 1778 -

Sir :- The Gen1 Place of Rendezvous for the expedition to Canada will be at Onion River where you will meet us by the 20th February without fail by such a Rout as you may judge proper, with all the Men and Volunteers you have or possibly can collect for the present purpose. Major Whitcomb will I suppose join you in the Rout you take. I wish you would send into Canada in order to obtain

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further information and to meet us precisely at the time and place above mentioned from your experience you will see the necessity of such a measure -

Col : Bedel

Am Sir yours Moses Hazen Col.

[General Conway to Colonel Bedel. Ibid.]

Albany 15th February 1778 -

Sir - Colo. Hazen having wrote to you by order of the Board of War to raise a Number of Men for the Expedition of Canada and to proceed with said Men to Onion River the general Rendezvous, As the Troops in this Department are not likely to March as soon as it was expected, you are directed to remain with your Troops at Co'os until further orders, and to send immediately to this place, an exact Return of the Men you have Collected, you'll please to Direct your Letter to Marquiss De La Fayette and in his absence to me -

I am Sir your most Obedient Humble Servant Colo : Bedel Thos Conway M. Gen1

[R. 5-123] [Order to Captain Giddinge, 1778.] -

State of N. Hamp' In Committee of Safety Feby 6th 1778

To Capt Eliphalet Giddinge S' You are desired to Muster the two men brot by Dan1 Hoit but you are not to pay the bounty to them or any others who shall not Inlist for three years or During the

M. Weare Chr"

war -

[R. 5-123] [Nute's Petition.]

Strafford ss. to Honourable Counsell and House of Representatives of the State of New Hampshire in General Asembly at Exeter Convened February 1778

the Humble Petition of Leut Samuell Nute of Rochester Humbly Sheweth John Nute a Soldier in Cap McDuffee Company in Cor1 Stephen Evens Regiment in General Whipple Brigade who was taken sick at Oakham after the Serender Burgwine army & was at a Great

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Expence in my Sickness and by the help of my Brother Sam1 Nute was Brought home So your Petitioner Prays your Honours in your great wisdom would consider ye Expence in his Sickness and order ye Doctors Bill & his Nursing may Be Paid or otherwise as your Hon- ours think fit and your Petitioner in Duty Bound shall Ever Pray

Rochester February ye 6 Day 1778 John Nute

[R. 5-124]

[This document is a petition from Abiel Holt, of Temple, dated February 6, 1778. He stated that he was taken sick in the service at Fort Edward, was sick a long time, and asked for an allowance. He was in Captain Gershom Drury's Company, Colonel Daniel Moor's Regiment. - ED.]

[R. 5-125]

[Petition of Francis Powers, of Hollis, dated February 10, 1778. He stated that on the way from Charlestown to Manchester, Vt., he loaned his horse to some sick soldiers and lost it; also that he was left behind to take care of sick men, in consequence of which he was in the service eight days longer than was allowed on the pay roll. Attested by vJohn Goss,) his captain, Thomas Kemp, and Isaac Stearns. - ED.]

[R. 5-125]

[Petition of Nathaniel Perkins, of Rochester. He stated that he was in the service in 1775 and 1776, in Jonathan Wentworth's Com- pany, at Cambridge, and in Canada, was sick, and sent home. He wanted Doctor James Howe paid for attending him. Petition dated 1. February 12, 1778. - ED.]

[R. 5-126] [Captain John Moody's Petition, 1778.]

To the Honourable the Council and House of Representatives of the State of New Hampshire in General Court Convened - the Petition of Capt John Moody of Gilmantown - Humbly Sheweth that in the month of December in the year 1776 he and the Company of Melitia under his command being part of Colonel Nahum Baldwin's Regiment from this State were regular discharged being then at North

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Castle in the State of New York that on his Return home sundry of the officers & soilders belonging to said Company were in such poor state of health that they were not able to traviel and being without money to help themselves with whereupon your memorialist left Lt Josiah Sanborn - Serjant Robert Bryant -Gideon Robinson, & Samuel Gilman at the town of Redding in the State of Connecticut also left Serjant Joseph March to attend on the abovesaid sick and returned his selfe to Gilmantown and procured money to pay the expences of the abovesaid officers & men and Immediately set out after them the account of the cost and expences I herewith transmit - wherefore your memorialist prays for himself as well as for the men that you will take the matter under Consideration & order such pay for him- self and men with the expences as in your great wisdom shall appear just - and your Petitioner as in duty bound shall ever pray.

Gilmantown February ye 15th 1778. John Moody Capt

[R. 5-128]

[Captain Benjamin Stone's bill for recruiting men in Plymouth, Rumney, Holderness, etc., amounting to £80; also his printed order to enlist men. - ED.]

[R. 5-129] [Captain Simon Marston's Petition, 1778.]

To the Honble the Council and House of Representatives of the State of New Hampshire in general Court convened -Humbly Shew The officers & soldiers of the late Battalion of Troops raised in this State for the Defence of the New England States & com. manded by Lieut Colo Joseph Senter Esq - That they humbly con - cieve That by reason of the extraordinary rise of the Articles neces- sary for the upholding Life the wages for which they engaged are quite inadequate to the duty by them performed - That your hon's having voted the same bounty & double the wages, for those Troops now raising for the same service they beg leave humbly to submit to your wise Consideration whether it is not making a discouraging Discrimination unless they are put upon an equality with those to be raised - especially as the whole of their wages are to this Day un- paid & due - Wherefore they pray that an order may be past for their being paid, as those are to be paid which are now raising, & that justice may be done them - And as bound shall pray &c

Simon Marston Capt In behalf of the officers & soldiers

Feby 19th 1778

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[R. 5-130.] [Petition from Officers Relative to Losses, 1778.]

To the Honble the Council & house of Representatives of the State of New Hampshire in General Court Assembled. - Humbly Shew The Subscribers, Officers in the Battallions of New Hamp- shire Troops in the Continental Army -

That at the sudden evacuation and precipitate retreat at Ticonder- oga they lost all their Baggage, & cloathing to a considerable amount, except what they had on, that afterward they were taken by the enemy & carried into Captivity, in which they suffered incredible hardships and must have perished but for the kindness of Capt Free- man formerly of Boston now in Canada whose humanity prompted him to lend them One Hundred & Eighty Dollars, whereby they were enabled to procure themselves a scanty subsistance - that after a long and tedious confinement they were (they know not how) ex- chang'd & transported to New York where they were dismissed almost naked and destitute of every means of supporting themselves on the way home, which they could not have reached but for the Charitable assistance of the People by the way -- That they are now unable to supply themselves with cloathing & other things necessary in order to their joining their respective regiments & to discharge their debt of Honour to Capt Freeman. -

Wherefore they pray your honours to take their case into your wise consideration - That you would please to repair their Loss (great to them) at Ticonderoga - enable them honourably to discharge their Obligation to Capt Freeman, & to equip themselves that they may speedily return to their Duty in their Respective Regiments as their Bleeding country requires - And as in Duty bound shall ever pray &c. -

Ebenezer Frye Thomas Hardy

William Bradford

James Carr Moses Dustin

Asa Senter

Caleb Robinson

Joshua Merrow

[R. 5-131]

State of New Hampr In the House of Representatives Febry 26th 1778 - The Committee on the Petition of Ebenezer Frye, James Carr, Caleb Robinson, Thomas Hardie, Moses Dustin, Joshua Mer- row, William Bradford and Asa Senter Officers of this State lately Captivated and carried to Canada made Report as follows viz The · Committee beg leave to report their opinion that the Petitioners shall on Lodging an account under oath with the Board of War, be '

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supplied with such articles of Cloathing as they lost at Ticonderoga, at the prices stipulated by the late Regulating act. But as they are under marching orders to join their Regiments and there is at this time no Cloathing made up for them in the stores & they not being able to receive their wages till they join the army the Committee recommend that the President give orders that each of the Peti- tioners receive out of the Treasury one hundred pounds to fit them out, to be by them accounted for hereafter : & it appearing that the Petitioners had drawn a Bill on the Treasurer of this State for the sum of one hundred and eighty Dollars advanced them by Capt Free- man, it is the opinion of the Committee that the Treasurer honour the said Bill as soon as may be, & that the Petitioners be account- able for the same - signed Josiah Bartlett, Chairman - Which Report being read & considered - Voted, That the same be received & accepted -

Sent up for Concurrence.

John Dudley Speak' p. tem In Council Febry 27th 1778 - Read & Concurred E. Thompson Secry

[Conway to Bedel. Bedel Papers, p. 52.]

Albany 16th February 1778-

Sir - As the Articles absolutely necessary for the Expedition of Canada are far from being ready, and as we are very much dis- appointed as to the Numbers of Continental Troops ; I must again pray you to remain at Co'os and not to proceed to Onion River untill further orders. I wish you would send me a Return of what Men you have properly Equipt and fit for a long March -

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Rolls of the Soldiers in the Revolutionary war, 1629 to 1725, Part 18

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