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(REVOLUTIONARY WAR MUSTER ROLL)

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(REVOLUTIONARY WAR MUSTER ROLL)
War-date manuscript D.S. 2pp. folio [Albany?], May 4, 1778, the muster roll for Capt. Adam Wheeler's Company in Col. Thomas Nixon's Brigade (6th. Mass. Regiment). Elements of this company saw action at Bunker Hill, New York, and Stillwater (Saratoga). Roll details state of the company between Jan. 13 and May 4, 1778 with a total strength of 85 but only 33 present and fit for duty. List details the name of each soldier, their enlistment periods and comments if absent including death, desertion, furlough and, of course, illness. Square portion (approx. 1/8 of document) missing, light soiling, weak folds repaired with tape, chipping at margins, good.