Muster roll of Capt.n John Alexanders Compy, in the 7th Penn.a Regiment in the service of the United States : commanded by Morgan Conner [i.e. Connor] Esq. Lt. Col. Comdt for April 1780

Muster roll of Capt.n John Alexanders Compy, in the 7th Penn.a Regiment in the service of the United States : commanded by Morgan Conner [i.e. Connor] Esq. Lt. Col. Comdt for April 1780

Muster roll of Captain John Alexander's company

[Morristown?] 1780

[1] p. 19 x 31 cm. oblong fol.

MSS L1989.1.147 MB

At bottom: Examined, W. Alexander [and] Jos. Harmar, Lt. Col. ...
On verso: Proof of effectives ... sworn before me this 5 day of May 1780 [signed] Robt. Peebles Lieut. [and] W. Stewart Colo.
The 7th Pennsylvania wintered at Morristown 1779-1780, and in April Walter Stewart met with others at New Tavern in Philadelphia -- see J. D. Kilbourne. Virtutis Praemium: The men who founded the State Society of the Cincinnati of Pennsylvania (1998), vol. 2, p. 916.
Morgan Connor, according to Heitman, was lost at sea in January, 1780.
In addition to Morgan Connor, commissioned officers listed are Capt. John Alexander and Lieut. Robert Peebles. Also named are 3 sergeants, 18 privates, 2 corporals, and 2 drummers & fifers
Alexander, Harmar, Peebles, and Stewart were all original members of the State Society of the Cincinnati of Pennsylvania
Watermark: WMT
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