[Payroll book : Fishkill, Peekskill, and Valley Forge], 1776-1778
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MSS L1993.1.483
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Title
[Payroll book : Fishkill, Peekskill, and Valley Forge], 1776-1778
Variant Title
Receipts|Payroll book of the 1st New York Regiment, Continental Line
Published
1776-1778
Description
1 v. ([2], 51, [38] p.) ; 33 cm.
Call Number
MSS L1993.1.483
System Control No.
(OCoLC)29946096
Note
Records apparently kept by or for John Laurance, Paymaster General of the Regiment and son-in-law of the commander, Col. Alexander McDougall.
The 1st New York was organized in 1775 at Albany and reorganized 15 April 1776 to consist of 8 companies. Pay represented herein covers service at the battles of Harlem Heights and White Plains.
A Separate entry records pay to surgeon B. Curtis.
Entries appear chiefly on rectos of leaves.
Marbled paper covers.
Xerox copy available in case file.
Payments to approximately 300 named officers and men cover service for Sept. through December 1776 and were disbursed chiefly between 7 Jan. and 29 March 1777 ; one payment occurred at Valley Forge on 31 March 1778.
Accounts for disbursements of pay for the 8 companies under Captains: W.A. Forbes (p. 15, 27, 39, 40); E. Hyatt (p. 13, 25, 43); J. Johnson (p. 5, 41, 42); B. Ledyard (p. 7, 29, 30, 51); David Lyon (p. 9, 37, 38, 49); C. Steenrod (p. 11, 31); [A.?] Van Wyck (p. 3, 34); and J. Wiley (p. 45, 46). Officers sign for their pay on p. [1]-[3], witnessed by Tho. Bradford.
The 1st New York was organized in 1775 at Albany and reorganized 15 April 1776 to consist of 8 companies. On 26 Jan. 1777 it was consolidated with the 4th New York. Pay represented herein covers service at the battles of Harlem Heights and White Plains.
The 1st New York was organized in 1775 at Albany and reorganized 15 April 1776 to consist of 8 companies. Pay represented herein covers service at the battles of Harlem Heights and White Plains.
A Separate entry records pay to surgeon B. Curtis.
Entries appear chiefly on rectos of leaves.
Marbled paper covers.
Xerox copy available in case file.
Payments to approximately 300 named officers and men cover service for Sept. through December 1776 and were disbursed chiefly between 7 Jan. and 29 March 1777 ; one payment occurred at Valley Forge on 31 March 1778.
Accounts for disbursements of pay for the 8 companies under Captains: W.A. Forbes (p. 15, 27, 39, 40); E. Hyatt (p. 13, 25, 43); J. Johnson (p. 5, 41, 42); B. Ledyard (p. 7, 29, 30, 51); David Lyon (p. 9, 37, 38, 49); C. Steenrod (p. 11, 31); [A.?] Van Wyck (p. 3, 34); and J. Wiley (p. 45, 46). Officers sign for their pay on p. [1]-[3], witnessed by Tho. Bradford.
The 1st New York was organized in 1775 at Albany and reorganized 15 April 1776 to consist of 8 companies. On 26 Jan. 1777 it was consolidated with the 4th New York. Pay represented herein covers service at the battles of Harlem Heights and White Plains.
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