Report on Colonel Shreve's Recruiting Accounts
Document 1786Report on the state of Colonel Shreve's recruiting accounts for the year 1777. Lists company Captains in the regiment.
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[Report on the State of Col
Shreves Recruiting accounts
for the year 1777—
extracts from [undecipherable] of
the number of Men recd:
found to be erroneous]
Pay Office Feby 6th 1786.
Sir,
I cannot find a compleat Sett of Muster Rolls of Colonel Shreves Regiment for 1777, but I have found the pay rolls of 8 Companies of it, which are made up from the time of the mens enlistment to the 1st of April 1777 inclusive which 8 Rolls contain 450 men — I have also found Capt Stouts pay roll for may 1777 which contains 63 men — making in all 513 Men: which appear to have composed his Regiment at that time. —
The Colonel is charged with monies for the Recruiting Service as follows — viz —
Dr April 1777 — — — — 2,000 dollars
June 1777 — — 9500 — — — — — 11,500—
Cr 513 recruits raised @ 20 dolls 10,260
Premium for enlisting 1 ¾ ds each — 684 — 10,944
Bal. due U.S. — — — — 556 „
Cap Hollenheads pay roll — — — 53 Men ✓
Cummings's — — — — — — — — 90 ✓
[found the Muster Rose] ✓ C Dillons — — — — — — 62 ✓
Maxwells — — — — — — — — 35 ✓
✓ Lawries — — — — — — — — 16 —
Andersons — — — — — — — 57
✓ Luses — — — — — — — — 77 —
✓ Yards — — — — — — — — 40 ✓
Stouts roll for may — — — 63 513 Men
John Pierce Pa[undecipherable] Saml [undecipherable]
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Report on the state of Colonel Shreve's recruiting accounts for the year 1777. Lists company Captains in the regiment.
Date
02/06/1786
Author
Recipient
Document number
1786020670101
Page start
1
Notable persons
John Pierce
Caleb Swan
men
Pay Office
Colonel Shreve's Regiment
Captain Stout
recruits
Captain Hollinshead
Captain Cummings
Captain Dillon
Captain Maxwell
Captain Lowrie
Captain Anderson
Captain Luse
Captain Yard
Notable items
musters
muster rolls
payrolls
companies
enlistment
1 April 1777
May 1777
monies
recruiting service
June 1777
dollars
premium
balance

