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- GLC#
- GLC04764.04-View header record
- Type
- Documents
- Date
- March 20, 1777
- Author/Creator
- Musgrave, Thomas, 1738-1812
- Title
- Return of the Number of Drafts received by the 40th Regiment from the Several Regiments serving in Canada &c & Amboy 20th March 1777
- Place Written
- Amboy, New York
- Pagination
- 1 p. : docket Height: 19 cm, Width: 24.2 cm
- Primary time period
- American Revolution, 1763-1783
- Sub-Era
- The War for Independence
Written by Musgrave as a Lieutenant Colonel in the 40th Regiment, before the loss at the Battle of Saratoga. Document records the number of troops sent over from the 8th, 9th, 47th, and 62nd Regiments. The total number of troops sent to the 40th Regiment was 45. Signed by Musgrave and countersigned by Captain Edward Foy, the Adjunct General in Canada as "A true Copy."
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