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Swift, Heman, 1733-1814 Return of the State of the Connecticut Regiment

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.10173 Author/Creator: Swift, Heman, 1733-1814 Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 22 October 1783 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 32.7 cm, Width: 23 cm Order a Copy

Lists number of men according to availability and rank. Of those present and fit for duty, five are sergeants, three are corporals, one is a drum and fife soldier, thirty-four are privates, leaving the total aggregate to be forty-three. Watermarked with a seal and "Fintram (?) 1780."

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