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Inscribed at bottom: Huts near West Point ... [Dec.?] 31st 1780 mustered Capt Sopers Compy as specified in the above roll [signed] Sam.l Darby B. Inspector Includes African American (Festus Prince) & mixed race or Indian (Jeffrey Sackamus) On verso, Proof of the effectives includes unnamed officers and men: 2 lieutenants (1 absent), 3 serjeants (1 absent), 3 corporals (1 absent) , 2 drummers (1 absent), 18 privates (8 absent) Darby was original member of the Massachusetts Society of the Cincinnati; Amasa Soper, according to Metcalf, was eligible but did not join. He resigned on 30 October 1780.

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