Return of the state and condition of the Independent Company of Light Infantry, Providence, under Colonel John Mathewson, January 1777

Document

Document Metadata

Document Date

1777-01

Title

Return of the state and condition of the Independent Company of Light Infantry, Providence, under Colonel John Mathewson, January 1777

Description

Small bound volume containing a return of the equipment of the Light Infantry Company listing the men's names, rank and number of hangers, guns, bayonetts, cartridge boxes, rammers, blankets, knapsacks. Following the return of equipment is a return of the company, listing the absent men's names and their whereabouts: In the Train of Artillery; In the Continental Army; Sick of the Small Pox; Abroad; At Sea; Out of this State; A prisoner at Antigua; In the Service of the State, etc.

Document Year(s)

1777

Document Month

01

Notes

Indexed

Document Type

return

Regiment and Company Information

Company Officer

Capt. Allen Peck

Company Officer Rank

Capt

Regiment Officer

Col. John Mathewson

Regiment Officer Rank

Col

Catalog Information

Call Number

MSS 673 Sub-group 2 Series 5 Sub-series F Box 3 Folder 66

Series Number

5

Series Name

Rhode Island Independent Companies

Sub-Series

F

Sub-Series Name

Independent Company of Light Infantry / Providence Light Infantry Company

Box Number

3

Folder Number

66

Item Identifier

271

Previous Citations

Old Call Number

RIMP Vol. 2 p. 112 No. 270

Old item #

270

Old RIMP vol #

none

Old RIMP pg #

none

Other old cat marks

HK: contemporary dupe copy exists in non-idxd MPs

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