Inspection return of the American regiment commanded by B. General Henry Jackson

Inspection return of the American regiment commanded by B. General Henry Jackson

[West Point?] 1784

[1] folded leaf ; 42 cm. (fol.)

MSS L1987.73.2MB

Signed severally: Henry Nelson, Qr. Mr., Wm Hull, D. Colo comdg, Thomas H. Condy PM [paymaster]; Jn. Doughty Major
Caption title.
Docketed on verso: Inspection return of the American regt for Jany 1784.
No location mentioned; however, Henry Jackson's Continental regiment was organized 3 Nov. 1783 at West Point and disbanded 20 June 1784, also at West Point. The regiment was made up of 9 companies of veterans of the Massachusetts Line. -- Robert K. Wright. The Continental Army, p. 216.
Lists officers and men by rank, but not by name; an exception is Charles Selden, Adjutant is listed in the section of "Alterations since last inspection."
Accoutrements and ammunition accounted for: muskets, bayonets, bayonet belts, scabbards, screw drivers, worms, gun slings, C[artridge?] boxes, drums, fifes, swords, s[word] belts, flints, and cartridges.
Camp equipage lists 72 kettles, 23 axes, 12 spades, 2 picks, 3 buckets, 8 bowls, 13 canteens, 62 knapsacks, and 62 haversacks.
Clothing inventory enumerates items in use; on hand; and lost, received, or returned since last inspection: coats, vests, breeches, overalls, shirts, hose, shoes, blankets, socks, mitts, w. coats, caps, and stocks.
Hull, Nelson, Condy and Selden were all original members of the Massachusetts Society of the Cincinnati.
Purchased in 1953 with funds donated by the Massachusetts Society of the Cincinnati

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