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Porter, William, fl. 1781 [Muster roll of Major General Friedrich Adolph Riedesel's regiment infantry of the Brunswick troops]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01450.605 Author/Creator: Porter, William, fl. 1781 Place Written: Long Island, New York Type: Manuscript signed Date: 20 July 1781 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 32 cm, Width: 19.5 cm Order a Copy

Created at Fort Brooklyn. Includes recruits sent "from Brunswik to America in the year 1780 as muster'd by his britanik Majesty's Commissary of Muster, William Porter." Includes the names of regimental staff (servants, clerks, and chaplains, among others), recruits, and casualties.

Porter, William, fl. 1781
Riedesel, Friedrich Adolf, Freiherr von, 1738-1800

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