Bernardus Swartwout and Johah Weeks A.L.S., Fort Arnold, July 13, 1778 : to Col. John Freyer ; favourd by Lieut Platt

Bernardus Swartwout and Johah Weeks A.L.S., Fort Arnold, July 13, 1778 : to Col. John Freyer ; favourd by Lieut Platt

Fort Arnold, [N.Y.] 1778

[1] p. ; 27 cm. (fol.)

MSS L1989.1.354

"A number of men belonging to the Companys of the Captains Lemuel Conklin, Bernardus Swarthwout, Hugh Van Kleack, Samuel Smith, Isaac Conklin, David Ostrom and Capt.[Elijah] Herrick all of your reg.t and drafted to be under our command notwithstanding they received orders for marching yet thru refusal or neglect they have never joined us."
They further request that the men have not immediately joined the regiment that "you would order their officers to advertise them and if taken to confine them in gaol.... They are desired to ... offer a reward of eight dollars for each person...."
"Inclosed is lists of the delinquents" [not present]
Col. Johannes (or John) Freyer (or Freer) commanded the Dutchess Co. Militia at this time.
Concklin served initially in DuBois' NY Regiment in 1776, but was subsequently Capt. in the NY Militia.
On May 28,1778, Samuel Smith, Isaac Concklin, Bernardus Swartwout, Elijah Herrick, Hugh Van Kleeck, David Ostrom, and Lemuel Concklin were listed as changes in the Fourth Regiment, Dutchess Co. Militia, Tobias Stoutenbergh Col. and John Freer, Lieut. Col. -- Berthold Fernow. New York in the Revolution, p. 280-281.
Jonah Weeks and Elijah Herrick were named 1st Lieutenant on May 28, 1778. Posssibly by July 1778 they had been promoted to captain as indicated herein.
Fort Arnold was renamed Fort Clinton after Arnold's defection to the British.
Bernardus Swartwout was the father of Bernardus Swartwout, an original member of the New York State Society of the Cincinnati.

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