Orderly-Book of the Pennsylvania State Regiment of Foot
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Excerpt from Orderly-Book of the Pennsylvania State Regiment of Foot: May 10 to August 16, 1777 The fly-leaf has also the following entries relating to two privates of Captain John Clark´s company: "William Jefferies, 5 ft. 6 in. high; pale complexion, long black hair, med. large grey eyes, a well made Irishman, received his furlough Aug. 21 for 30 Days." "William Elliot, from Londonderry, Lancaster county Pa., short dark curly hair, fair complexion, about 5 feet 7 or S in. high, has furlough from Dec. 16 1777 to March 1 1778." "December 30, 1777, Lieut. Joseph Finley [of second company] being promoted to Captain, is to take the command of the company formerly Captain Patrick Anderson´s." Captain Anderson had been elected a member of the Assembly.] Head Quarters Red Bank May 3d 1777. The officers are to take care of the men & see that they keep themselves clean to Prevent their being sick. It is with the greatest Reluctancy that I perceive that great numbers of the men and officers are disabled & unfit for Duty with that vile and uncleanly disorder called the... as it is a Disorder that they bring upon themselves for if they would not... any they would not take it. I therefore am Determined to lay the fine of £3. upon the Captains as I Perceive they are very subject to that Disorder; as for the subalterns I Perceive they are not subject to that Disorder, I therefore order a gill of Rum to be given to them on the 1st Day of May 1780 gratis. The men are to receive 50 lashes. Head Quarters Red Bank May ye 10th 1777. Quartermaster to collect all Liquors belonging to any of ye Soldiers and their Wives exceeding 1 Quart each at Red Bank & order it on Board ye first Shalop or fiat & suffer "Women whose property it is to go on board with it to Philadelphia; ye Regt to leave if fit this evening and ye officers to see that all the men have themselves and arms clean by tomorrow morning and be on the parade at 8 of clock [torn] Every Sunday as usual and not appear upon the parade at any time without being Shaved and their hair Combed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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