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APPENDIX VIII .- (PAGE 206.)
THE BROOKLYN WOODLANDS.
[We are indebted for the following to Mr. J. Carson Brevoort, of this city.]
At an early date, the woodlands covering the range of hills bounding the town north and east of the Flatbush road were apportioned in parcels of about ten acres each among the freeholders of the town of Brooklyn, excepting the Gowanus owners, whose woodlands were attached to their respective farms.
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Some eight or nine hundred acres were thus allotted, in three larger divisions of about three hundred acres each. The first division was com- prised between the Flatbush and Clove roads; the second between the Clove and Hunterfly roads; and the third between the last-named road (which is probably a corruption of Aan der fly, that is, " the road to the creek," or bay) and that leading to Jamaica. There appears to have been another division north of this last road; but, if so, it was cleared and culti- vated shortly after its allotment.
The first division was composed of irregular-shaped lots, and was cov- ered until the year 1855 with fine woods. The second division was divided more regularly into long, narrow lots, of ten acres each, and of nearly equal length, running north and south. The greater part of these woods has been but recently felled. The third division was composed of very long, narrow lots running east and west, of various lengths. A record of this last divi- sion has been preserved, and is authenticated by the town clerk. The records of the others may, perhaps, be among some of the few papers pre- served of the town records.
THE BROOKLYN SALT MEADOWS.
The freeholders of the town, having no salt meadow attached to their farms, it was at an early date arranged that a part of the salt meadows or Jamaica Bay, in the town of New Lots, west of Spring Creek, and in the County of Queens, just adjoining on the east side of the same creek, should be allotted to them. This last portion is known as the Brooklyn meadows, and many lots in both of them are still owned by residents of Brooklyn. The regular price of these lots was until recently but ten dollars per acre. The division lines were marked by short stakes or corner-stones lying loose on the meadow; but no one encroached on his neighbor, the lines being known to all the owners. This salt hay was cut in September, and used as a winter forage for cows and horses, though never held in very high esti- mation for this purpose.
Sedge-grass, from the detached meadows and islands in the bay, was free to all, and was often cut to be used as a thatch for sheds or for manure. Sea-weed, principally eel-grass (Zostera marina), was also collected for manure. Recently, this last grass, dried and washed by rain, has been much used for stuffing mattresses.
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APPENDIX IX .- (PAGE 323.)
EXTRACTS FROM THE FIRST NEWSPAPER ISSUED IN BROOKLYN.
This is reprinted from the only copy known to be in existence, and which Mr. Edwin B. Spooner, of the Brooklyn Star, found a number of years ago at the Long Island Hotel, in Fulton street, near the Ferry, where it had been left some time before by a countryman, who requested the proprietor, Mr. Carman, to preserve it for him until his return. Several years having elapsed without any demand having been made for it, Mr. Spooner became its owner; and, subsequently, presented it to the Lyceum at the United States Navy Yard, where it may now be seen.
The usual channels afford no information whatever concerning this paper ; and it is not even mentioned in any of the histories, local or national.
From certain remarks in the Super-Extra Gazette, we might, perhaps, infer that a paper of this name was published regularly at the Brooklyne- Hall, or Looseley's. If such was the case, it is singular that it has not been recognized and perpetuated by history ; and that but one copy-and that evidently an " extra"-should have been preserved. It has been suggested that the Super-Extra Gazette was a Brooklyn extra of the New York Royal Gazette, issued on some special occasion ; our own impression, however, is that it was merely a handbill, published by the enterprising Looseley to advertise the lottery which was then drawing at his tavern.
The " original" is printed on a dirty sheet, in three columns, and on one side only : its spelling and punctuation is here faithfully preserved.
PRO BONO PUBLICO
BROOKLYNE HALL SUPER-EXTRA
GAZETTE.
SATURDAY. June 8, 1782.
BROOKLYNE.
O N Thursday evening last, we were blessed with many refreshing showers attended with hard thunder, &c .- The distance from our
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friends in New York, prevented us from giving them more early intelli- gence. * * * * * * *
It is with particular satisfaction we inform the public, that the people here begin to be more civilized since they have indulged their loyal sensa- tions for the immortal victory obtained over the French fleet.1 Bull-bait- ings here are absolutely forbidden.
FLAT-BUSH. June 6.
To the EDITORS of the BROOKLYNE HALL SUPER-EXTRA GAZETTE. GENTLEMEN.
T THE Songs that generally appear in the New York papers are in too high a stile for our conception, and with the tunes we are not ac- quainted ; therefore, accept from a Loyal Society, among us, composed for our amusement.
TUNE. Babes of the Wood, or Chevy Chace. I. Unhappy times of late we've seen, Unhappy days indeed, For such the rueful hours have been, Did make our hearts to bleed.
II. Rebellion did with all its force, Pour down upon our heads, The stream took such a rapid course, It drove us from our beds.
III. But now those times are blowing o'er, And we with heart and voice, That such disasters be no more, With one accord rejoice.
1 The defeat of De Grasse's French fleet in the West Indies, April 12th, 1782, by the British fleet under Rodney.
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IV. For glorious news, surround our King, And England's noble cause, So all true souls and faithful men, Will shout with one applause.
v. For now with safety we may keep,
Our hard begotten store, For in security we sleep, And bury gold no more.
VI.
No more our flocks and herds will stray, Our Nymphs and Swains shall sing, And ever bless the welcome day, That binds us to our King.
N. B. We are extremely fond of tunes of such soft melodious sounds, because they approach so near to our Church music, besides these were the sort of tunes which were brought over by the first European settlers.
Religion and morality gain much ground; for to be sure, a Tavern- keeper, a few days since, gave away his old black coat to enable a Minis- ter of the Gospel (just then come in from the Rebels) to mount the rostrum with dignity.
The nativity of our Sovereign was so acknowledged amongst us, that we outdid all our former doings: The man that was so stigmatized some- time since by the name of BONIFACE,1 behaved beyond description, and the Commander of our civil guns had a remarkable share in the splendour and glory of the day.
The prospect of such plenty of fruit on this island, must make the Lovers of cherries, peaches, &c., smile-and no doubt will produce a large effusion of mouth-water.
Butter-milk will fall in price next week, at least one hundred per cent.
1 An allusion, undoubtedly, to Loosley, the host of the " Brooklyne-Hall" Tavern,
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New Milk, Ditto. Fresh Butter, Ditto. Vegitables, Ditto. And most articles which are the products of a farm, will share the same fate. RAM MUTTON and BULL BEEF excepted.
Some few days since a Scrivener, who sometime resides amongst us, indulged himself with a walk to ASCOT-HEATH RACES, he walked around the course, refreshed himself at Loosley's Barn ;- He then walked down to the Ferry, and very deliberately walked into the river and had it not been for the friendly assistance of some gentlemen belonging to the army, in all probability he would have then stepped into eternity.
So great a number of Satires in Verse have, and do daily appear here, that one would imagine all the people of Brooklyne were turned Poets. * * *
The State of Massachusetts Bay, being now convinced of the necessity of fitting a fleet to support their fishery, have sent two schooners of 6 car- riage guns, and a sloop of 4 guns and well manned, to cruise off Halifax, with strict orders to bring all the British frigates into Marblehead.
Extract from a Philadelphia Paper.
When the account of the defeat of the British fleet, off Dominica, on the 12th of April, arrived here, the Congress, by the desire of Mr. Luzerne, immediately assembled and passed the following resolves:
" Ist. Resolved nem. con. That the exigencies of our public affairs were such, that the British fleet ought to have been defeated.
2d. Resolved nem. con. That as Mons. Luzerne has assured us the fleet of his Most Christian Majesty had totally defeated the fleet of the British King on the 12th of April, off Dominica, the British fleet certainly was defeated.
3d. Resolved nem. con. That the thanks of this House be presented to Mons. Luzerne, for this early and important intelligence.
By Order of Congress, CHARLES THOMSON, Sec'ry.
In Congress, May 27, 1782.
After which Te Deum was sung in Congress, nemine contradicente, high Mass performed, a Feu-de-Joie fired in the evening, and the city of Phila- delphia grandly illuminated.
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His Excellency Benjamin Franklin, Esq., Minister Plenipotentiary for the United States of America, having introduced the use of Electrical Rods in the French navy, was the occasion of drawing the British thunder upon. them in the West Indies. Probatum est.
By a letter from Maryland we are informed, the Assembly of that prov- ince are determined to shake off the fetters of Congress and throw them- selves into the arms of their old friend and parent.
Now selling off at prime cost, at No. 9, the remaining stock in trade of an eminent Clergyman leaving off business for the good of his health, which has been much impaired by nocturnal lucubrations, consisting of a complete set of manuscript sermons, for the year round, with national and synodical fasts ; also a variety of sermons against the 30th of January, Mons Meg charged and primed for the 5th of November, a rod for the Whore of Babylon, the Sins of the Nation described, Tracts upon the Crook of the Lot, or the afflicted man's Companion, Ten Steps of Jacob's Ladder, Bos- ton's fourfold State, the Cloud of Witnesses, Bunyan's Hitch for a heavy ars'd Christian, ditto, Pilgrim's Progress, ditto Holy War, a Rod for Billy's Breach, Gospel Sonnets, &c, &c, &c. Inventory of which may be seen at any time.
The Rev. Doctor Witherspoon, President of the College of Prince-Town, has invented a new creed, and is now writing a paraphrase upon the 5th Commandment, by which he intends fully to prove, that there is no duty due from a child to a parent, from an inferior to a superior, from a subject to a Sovereign, unless a Congress, which is to be published as an appendix to an essay, ready for the press, entitled " A Treatise against Moral Obli- gations."
Friend Loosley suffered much on Tuesday evening last,-To grace the ceremony and assist the joys of the people, a large piece of ordnance was discharged so close to his house, the explosion of which shattered his win- dows in a most terrible manner. No doubt but Loosley's glazier rejoices at the accident.
With sorrow we inform our neighbors and our distant friends, that many depredations have lately been made in the face of open day, on this island, but more particularly in the city of New York .- The initials of the culprits
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names are G E- -. A parole is appointed to traverse the streets of Brooklyne every hour day and night, to prevent street robberies.
A melancholy event had liked to have happened here a few days ago. A person belonging to Mr. Elms of this place, was driving a horse and chair into the river, the horse proving unruly, was taken into the stream, and it was with great difficulty they were got out again; unhappily the horse was sadly wet, but the man received no other hurt than catching a slight cold and damaging his watch.
Our passage boats have had a middling good time in crossing the ferry lately, not a single fee has been lost.
Whether or no we meet esteem, Regardless as a praw ; No real injury we mean In our Gazette extra. Critics may snarl, but should they bite,
Then we'd our pow'r exert ; For we're assured, the more we write Will make us more expert.
A Generous Price will be given by the Editors for the latest Rebel Papers.
BROOKLYNE-HALL LOTTERY
COMMENCED drawing on the 4th of June, when only TEN TICKETS were drawn, the numbers taken from the Check Book are the following; No. 598-906-1702-1827-1861-1912-2547-2582-2808-2968.
This Lottery being for charitable purposes, every means will be adopted to promote the interest thereof.
A few Tickets remain unsold, which may be had at the usual places.
The LOTTERY re-commenced drawing on Wednesday the 12th instant, and will Continue drawing till all is finished. N. B. There were two Ten Dollar Prizes, three of Five Dollars, and Five Blanks drawn.
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CHARLES LOOSLEY.1
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YONTINUES to provide every accommodation for the reception of his friends ; and they may depend the greatest care will be taken to give universal satisfaction.
THOMAS ELMS
T MAKES the liberty of informing the public, that he has a most capital CARRIAGE, and excellent HORSES for their accommodation. Likewise, his commodious STAGE WAGGON,2 as usual for select parties.
THOMAS SMITH,
W ATCH MAKER, from NEW YORK, acquaints the public, he has moved into the house formerly occupied by Mr. Ross, at Brooklyn- Ferry, where he carries on the business in its different branches.
JOHN ROSS
B EGS leave to inform the public in general, and his friends in particu- lar, he has removed from where he formerly lived to two doors higher up, next to Mr. Loosley's, where he has opened TAVERN, and laid in an assortment of the best LIQUORS.
N. B. He carries on his business as usual, at the above place.
MACKINTOSH
C (ARRIES on the Business of a TAYLOR, with the greatest propriety, at his Shop, situated between Mr. Smith's, Watch-maker, and Mr. Ross's Tavern.
Vivant Rex & Regina.
BROOKLYNE-HALL: Printed in the YEAR, 1782.
1 Loosley, after the war (1784), kept hotel at Port Roseway, Nova Scotia, where, with other loyalists, he suffered great privations.
2 In Rivington's paper, May 26th, 1779, we find that " Loosley and Elms propose to run a CARAVAN to Jamaica and back to Brooklyn Ferry, on Fridays, Thursdays, and Sundays."
1782, Oct. 3d. "New flying machine, on steel springs, Thursday, Sunday, and Tuesday, from Brooklyn, at 8 o'clock, to Jamaica, and return the same evening. Break- fasting at Brooklyn-Hall, stage mornings." There were also other stages running on the same route.
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APPENDIX X .- (PAGE 378.)
"BROOKLYN DIRECTORY FOR 1796-CONTAINING THE NAMES OF THE INHABITANTS-ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED. NEVER BEFORE PUB- LISHED."
Alexander, John, rope maker.
Armstrong, John, tavern keeper.
Barbarin, John N., physician, Main Road.
Beezely, William, laborer.
Beezely, Thomas, blacksmith, Sand's Dock.
Bennet, John, livery stable, Main Road.
Bennet, widow, washer, Main Road.
Berry, -, farmer, near the Episco- pal Church.
Blackslee, Archibald, near the Episco- pal Church.
Boerum, Martin.
Brown, widow Hannah, facing Capt. Dawson's, Old Ferry.
Brower and Beezely, blacksmiths, Main Road.
Burlock, Thomas, livery stable, Main Road.
Burns, widow.
Cannon, Peter, cooper, near Sand's Dock.
Carpenter, William, lumber merchant, near the Old Ferry.
Carpenter, widow, near the Old Ferry. Carstand, John, rope maker.
Clows and Rhodes, store keepers, Main Road.
Coe, Thomas, blacksmith.
Cole, John, coach and chair maker.
Coop, Edward, blacksmith.
Cornelison, John, rope maker.
Cornell, Smith, cartman.
Cornell, William, boarding-house. Cornell, Whitehead.
Davis, widow Elizabeth, Main Road.
Dawson, Henry, near the Old Ferry. Deane, John, shoemaker.
Denton, George, house carpenter.
Dougherty, William, house carpenter.
Doughty, John, butcher.
Doughty, Charles.
Douglas, -, butcher.
Eagles, Jacob, grocer, Main Road. Field, Joseph, grocer, Main Road. Fisher, John.
Foster, teacher, near the Episcopal Church.
Fox, Joseph, store keeper, Main Road. Fuller, Benjamin, painter and glazier, Main Road.
Furman, William, one of the proprie- tors of the New Ferry, Main Road.
Garrison, John, butcher.
Gilbert, Robert, blacksmith.
Grant, William, Jayler.
Guy and Harmer, dyers, near the New Ferry.
Guy, Francis, dyer, near the New Ferry. Hampstead, -, rope maker, near the New Ferry.
Hargrave, Robert, tinsmith, Main Road, near the Methodist Church.
Harris, widow Grace, Main Road.
Hastings, John, gardener, opposite the Methodist Church.
Havens, Thomas tavern keeper, near the Old Ferry.
Herbert, James, shoemaker, New Ferry Street.
Hicks, Jacob, tavern keeper, Old Ferry Dock.
Hicks, Jacob M., Main Road.
Hicks, John M., Main Road.
Hicks, John, one of the proprietors of the Old Ferry.
Hicks, George, one of the proprietors of the Old Ferry.
Hicks, Isaac, merchant; store, Pearl Street, New York.
Higby, Aaron, tavern keeper, Main Road.
Higby, Edward, tavern keeper, New Ferry Dock.
Hodge, Robert, bookseller, opposite the Methodist Church ; store, Water Street, New York.
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Hunt, Theodosius, one of the proprie- tors of the New Ferry, Main Road. Ingles, Jacob, cooper.
Jackson, -, house carpenter.
Jarvis, Isaiah, tavern keeper, Main Road. Johnston, John.
Kitchum, Pelick, tavern keeper.
Kyd and Jedlye, grocers, corner of the Main and New Ferry Roads.
Lambertson, - -, grocer.
Layhat, the Rev. Charles, Minister of the Second Baptist Church of New York, Main Road.
Lovett, James, saddler, Main Road.
Lynch, -, rope maker.
M'Combs, John, miller.
M'Lachlan, Robert, rope maker.
M'Moneygil, widow, school mistress, Main Road.
Maddock, Roger Whitington, brewer, near the Brewery.
Martin, John, dock builder.
Middagh, John, hatter, Main Road.
Mitchel, Samuel, rope maker.
Montany, John, house carpenter. Moore, Lambert.
Moore, widow.
Morris, William, land broker, Main Road.
Mosier, John, house carpenter, near the Brewery.
Mott, Ridgeble, tavern keeper, near the Old Ferry.
Nicholas, Isaac, cabinet maker.
Nostrand, Timothy, tavern keeper, near the Old Ferry.
Parsons, Nap, rope maker.
Patchin, Jacob, butcher.
Patchin, Ralph, dairy man.
Phist, John, rope maker.
Price, Nathaniel, copper plate printer, near the Methodist Church.
Rapley, Abraham, coach and chair maker, Main Road. ,
Rattoone, John, laborer, Sand's Dock.
Remsen, Isaac, tavern keeper.
Sands, Joshua, between the Old and New Ferries.
Sharp, Jacob, Judge of the County Court, Main Road.
Sharp, Jacob, jun., Clerk of ditto, Main Road.
Shotts, Nicholas, laborer, Main Road. Shrader, Christopher, rope maker, New Ferry Road.
Sing, William, merchant, store Pearl Street, New York.
Smith, Hassel, house carpenter, New Ferry Road.
Smith, Joseph, tavern keeper, New Fer- ry Road.
Snedecor, Lewis, tavern keeper, Old Ferry Dock.
Somendyke, Nicholas, house carpenter. Strytser, Bourdet (Burdett Stryker), tal- low chandler and butcher.
Swartcoop (John V.), gunsmith.
Taylor, Solomon, blacksmith, Main Road.
Tilford, -, weaver, Main Road.
Thome, Samuel, baster, New Ferry Road.
Tillotson, Jeffrey, hatter, Old Ferry Dock.
Titus, Abiel, tavern keeper, Main Road. Townsend, Nathaniel, hatter, Main Road.
Troutman, Andrew, laborer, New Fer- ry Road.
Tuttle, Barzillai, house carpenter, near the Brewery.
Underhill, Peter, jun., taylor, near the Old Ferry.
Van Aulen, Cornelius, laborer, Sand's Dock.
Van Aulen, Peter, tavern keeper, Main Road.
Van De Water, John, livery stable, New Ferry.
Van Mater, Gilbert, grocer, Old Ferry Dock.
Van Pelt, Thomas, mason and master builder, New Ferry Dock.
Walling, Philip, masón.
Ward, Barnabas, chair maker, Main Road.
Ward, John, rope maker, near the New Ferry.
Walters, John, tavern keeper.
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APPENDIX XI .- (PAGE 409.)
BROOKLYN VETERANS OF 1812.
Muster Roll of a Company of Infantry, under the command of Captain Joseph Dean, in the Consolidated Regiment of Militia, commanded by Lieut .- Col. John A. Ditmars, from Sept. 2, 1814, when last mustered, to the 13th of Nov. 1814, in the service of the United States.
[The letters R. and F., affixed to some of these names, are to designate them as members of the Rifles or of the Fusileers, two uniform companies at that time belonging to Brooklyn. These are affixed on the memory of Capt. Dean, and although generally correct, it is possible that one or two may be wrong. Those with this + mark were part of a detachment of sub- stitutes sent to relieve Lt. Spader, at Ft. Swift, Oct. 5, 1814.]
Joseph Dean, Captain, Sept. 2, 1814.
John Spader, Lieutenant, Sept. 2, 1814. Charles J. Doughty, Lieutenant, Sept. 1, 1814.
Wm. A. Mercein, Ensign, Sept. 2, 1814. Garret Duryea, Orderly Sergeant, Sept.
2, 1814.
Michael Vanderhoof, Orderly Sergeant, Sept. 2, 1814.
David Storms, Orderly Sergeant, Sept. 2, 1814. On Furlough by permission of General.
Thomas Chadwick, Orderly Sergeant, Sept. 2, 1814.
Wm. R. Dean, Orderly Sergeant, Oct. 31, 1814.
James Gildersleeve, Corporal, Sept. 2, 1814.
Joseph Pettit, Corporal, Sept. 2, 1814.
Wm. Kirkpatrick, Corporal, Sept. 2, 1814.
Wm. Bennet, Corporal, Sept. 2, 1814. Sick at home with typhus fever.
PRIVATES.
John Smith, R., Gowanus.
Jas. C. Provost, R., Bushwick.
Uriah Ryder, F.
Joseph Butler. +Substitute for Isaac Selover.
Michael Mapes, F.
Benj. J. Waldron, R.
Luke Covert. {Substitute for John Sel- over.
Samuel Vail.
Carman Seaman. Deserted.
Thomas Lain.
David Hillyard. +An Irish deserter
from the British army in Canada, a drummer, and acting as substitute for Winant P. Bennet.
John Sharpe.
Wm. Thomas.
Jacob Coope.
Samuel Hart. On furlough, by permis- sion of General.
Nathan Furman.
Jas. McFarlan.
Samuel McGrady.
Joseph Stringham.
Joseph Robinson.
Gilbert Reid.
Elijah Raynor.
John Swinburn (English).
John Thurston.
John Ward.
John Rogers.
Nicholas Covert.
Stephen Austin. liam C. Bright.
Substitute for Wil-
Thomas Furman.
Zachariah Clevenger, R., Bushwick.
David Craven, R.
Josiah Applegate, F.
Francis Meserole, R., Bushwick.
Jacob Nostrand. Not on list of present. Peter Colyer, R., Bushwick.
Jas. McDonough, R.
Stephen R. Boerum, Wallabout.
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Philetus Fleet. Substitute for (Ex- Mayor) Samuel Smith.
Henry Dezendorf. +Substitute for Ber- nard Dezendorf.
John Applegate, F. Cornelius Van Horne.
Peter Chatterlon. +Substitute for John Burtis.
Israel Rummels.
Samuel Pettit.
Samuel Nostrand.
Abraham Bogert.
Michael Harvey (Irish cook).
Peter Bennet. Enlisted Sept. 29, 1814.
Samuel Mott. (Name not on the list of present.)
William Jackson (mulatto servant).
John Fitch (colored servant).
Abm. Thompson (colored servant).
Edward Higbie, Drummer.
PIONEER CORPS.
William N. Kettletas, Sergeant of Pio- neers.
Jaques W. Cropsy, R., Corporal of Pioneers.
PRIVATES.
Henry Van Dyke,
Henry Cropsy,
Wm. G. Verity, Joseph Wardle,
Jacob Denyse, David Denyse,
John Van Brunt, James Wallace.
Jesse Coope.
William Johnson,
The Bushwick and Wallabout Companies, in the 64th Regiment, were consolidated under Capt. Skillman, of the latter company. We have been unable to obtain a full Muster Roll of these companies, but are able to furnish a partial list of members, compiled from Capt. Dean's papers.
By order of Gen. Johnson, October 5, 1814, Lieutenants Doughty and Nichols, and Ensign Johnson, proceeded to Fort Swift, with substitutes from Major Ditmar's Regiment, to relieve Lieut. Spader. The names of substitutes and principals in Captain Skillman's command, composed as we have seen mostly of Wallabout and Bushwick men, were as follows:
[a Reported siek in camp. b Appeared when men were mustered, marched to Fort Swift, then was missing. Those to whose names an * is affixed did not appear when the substitutes were mustered in. ]
Thomas Gardner.a Substitute for Ely Elmore.
David Capron .* Substitute for Henry Lane.
Jacob Furman.
Aaron Swain Robbins. Jas. Lynch. Substitute for Stephen Schinck.
Abraham Bennet, jr.
Jolın Hulst, R.
Michael Gillen, R.
Jacob W. Bennett, R., Bushwick.
Enoch Elbertson. +Substitute for Wm. Stoothoff, jr.
James Webb. (Name not on list of present.)
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