Manuscript Group 526, New Jersey Militia Brigade Record Book 1776-1778

526.  NEW JERSEY MILITIA

 
Brigade Record Book, 1776-78, 1 vol.

 
Records of a brigade detached from the state militia to supply

troops for
Gen. George Washington’s flying camp.  Includes

brigade
return for December 25, 1776; brigade orders, December

27, 1776
january 9, 1777; records of receipts for bounty payments

dated
February 26, 1778; lyrics for a patriotic song entitled “A

Song of
the Times.” Under the cornmand of Gen. Thomas Mifflin, the
brigade was quartered at Haddonfield, Bordentown, and

Morristown.
Orders issued during the winter encampment at Morristown
are dated January 8 and 9, 1777.

MG 526 – New Jersey Militia,
1776-1778

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part of the “Farm to City” project funded by a grant from the National
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