Return of the Men Recruited for the Service of the United States by Captain Blodget in Colonel Nathan Hale's Regiment, 1776-1777
- Collection Name:
- Broadside Collection - Military, 1600-1800
- Title:
- Return of the Men Recruited for the Service of the United States by Captain Blodget in Colonel Nathan Hale's Regiment, 1776-1777
- Creator:
- Blodget, Samuel, 1757-1814
Hale, Nathan, 1743-1780
Robinson, Noah, 1757-1827 - Accession / Call Number:
- 2023.069
- Object ID:
- 2023.069
- Date:
- 1776-1777
- Type of Material:
- textual record
- Physical Description:
- 1 oversized manuscript; 35 x 17 inches
- Language:
- English
- Scope and Content:
- Return of men recruited for the service of the United States by Captain Blodget in Colonel Nathan Hale's regiment dated 1776 to 1777. The return lists the men's names, where they enlisted, the date, the term, what their pay was to be, with the last column listing casualties. The men were from the towns of Rye, Stratham, Rindge, Exeter, Chester, Lancaster, and Cornish. Of the men 71 men enlisted, 15 were listed as dead or killed, 11 were sick absent, and the largest amount, 18, were listed as deserted, though some may have been taken prisoner at Hubbardton on July 7, 1777.
- Locations:
- Chester, NH
Cornish, NH
Exeter, NH
Goffstown, NH
Rindge, NH
Rye, NH
Stratham, NH - People:
- Blodget, Samuel, 1757-1814
- Organizations:
- United States. Continental Army. New Hampshire Regiment, 2nd
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- Credit Line:
- Gift of Samuel Boyer Davis Baird Jr.
- Restrictions:
- Available for research.
- Level Description:
- Item
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