Dayton's Recruits to Governors Island, Etc.
Document 1795Lieutenant Elmer has been unsuccessful in the recruiting service at New Brunswick so he is to repair to New York and place himself under Thompson's orders. Lieutenant Dayton, at Elizabeth Town, has been directed to send the recruits he has enlisted to Governors Island.
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Type
Letter Signed
Description
Lieutenant Elmer has been unsuccessful in the recruiting service at New Brunswick so he is to repair to New York and place himself under Thompson's orders. Lieutenant Dayton, at Elizabeth Town, has been directed to send the recruits he has enlisted to Governors Island.
Date
03/05/1795
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Office
Repository
Collection
Document number
1795030500001
Page start
1
Notable persons
Captain Alexander Thompson
Timothy Pickering, Secretary of War
Lieutenant Dayton
Lieutenant Elmer
recruits
non commissioned officers
privates
recruiting service
Notable locations
War Office
Elizabeth Town
Governor's Island
New Brunswick
New York
New Jersey
Notable items
enlistment
small recruiting party
last return amounted to seventeen non-commissioned and privates