A.D. in an unidentified hand : [Peekskill, N.Y.], Jan. 13, 1779

A.D. in an unidentified hand : [Peekskill, N.Y.], Jan. 13, 1779

Proceedings of a garrison court martial held Jany 13th 1779 by order of the Hon.ble Brigade Gen.l [John] Paterson to try all persons brought before them : Colo. [Gamaliel] Bradford President

[Peekskill, N.Y.] 1779

[2] p. ; 32 cm. (fol.)

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"No prisoner brought the court then adjourned untill tomorrow morn ten oclock."|Members of the court: Capt. [Josiah?] Stetson; Capt. [Jacob?] Wales; Lt. [Silas?] Clark; Lt. Goodridge; Lt. [William?] Park; Lt. English; Lt. Paterson; Lt. [John?] Mills; Ens. Buck; Ens. Buxton; Ens. Nason; Ens. Brown. Suggested given names from F. B. Heitman's Historical register, where their respective ranks at the time of the document match those in the document.|Paterson's brigade were located at Peekskill, N.Y. at the time. See letter from Alexander McDougall in The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War series, vol. 18, p. 616.|Paterson and Bradford were original members of the Massachusetts Society of the Cincinnati.|In ink on p. [2]: Dam Butterfield|Watermark: GR

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