Muster roll of Captain Lincolns company 7th Massachusetts Regiment in the service of the United States : commanded by John Brooks Esqr. Lieut. Colonel Commandant, taken for the month of February 1782 / [ signed at] York Hutts, Jno. Mills Capt.

Muster roll of Captain Lincolns company 7th Massachusetts Regiment in the service of the United States : commanded by John Brooks Esqr. Lieut. Colonel Commandant, taken for the month of February 1782 / [ signed at] York Hutts, Jno. Mills Capt.

West Point 1782

[2] p. ; 23 x 35 cm.

MSS L1998F450

Names commissioned officers: Captain Rufus Lincoln, "on furlough"; Lieut. Gamaliel Bradford [Jr.], and Ensign James Sever "on command"
Names some 45 serjeants, corporals, and privates, showing dates of enlistment and such remarks as "deserted"; "comd. Stoney Point"; "waggoner" or "on guard." Included are two mentioned in Quarles' The Negro in the American Revolution: Jabez Jolley [sic], company drummer and Ceaser [sic] Perry, "Servant to Colo. [Jean-Joseph?] Gimat [aide-de-camp de Lafayette?]
On verso: Proof of the effectives ... [signed Gam. Bradford, Lieut. and " sworn before me at West Point this 11th day of March, [signed] John Paterson B. Genl."
For other rolls for the 7th Massachusetts, see MSS L1995F122 and MSS L1999F450

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