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(MILITIA ORDERLY BOOK)

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(MILITIA ORDERLY BOOK)
"Orderly book kept by Ensign Samuel Camp of Samuel Cook's company of Connecticut Militia, 14pp. small 8vo., Camp Manoah (near Peekskill), Apr. 6 - 23, 1777. On each day, Camp lists the soldiers assigned to pickets, fatigue or scouting parties. Camp's company served on Col. James Wadsworth and was called into the Hudson Valley to guard against British incursions in the area including Burgoyne's offensive from Canada and an anticipated movement up the Hudson from Howe in New York. Pages formerly bound with string, two pages loose, light soiling, otherwise very good." 2487 Orderly book kept by Ensign Samuel Camp of Samuel Cook's company of Connecticut Militia, 14pp. small 8vo., Camp Manoah (near Peekskill), Apr. 6 - 23, 1777. On each day, Camp lists the soldiers assigned to pickets, fatigue or scouting parties. Camp's company served on Col. James Wadsworth and was called into the Hudson Valley to guard against British incursions in the area including Burgoyne's offensive from Canada and an anticipated movement up the Hudson from Howe in New York. Pages formerly bound with string, two pages loose, light soiling, otherwise very good.