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CATALOG NUMBER VC 1288
OBJECT NAME Letter Draft
DATE September 18, 1856
AUTHOR Philip Gilbert Van Wyck
RECIPIENT Frederick Fairlie
MEDIUM Paper, ink
PEOPLE see list, Baron Steuben, Father of Fred. Fairlie,
PLACES New York, Ossining (“Sing SIng”),
KEYWORDS list of officers of NY Regiment under Col. Philip Van Cortlandt
during Am. Revolution, aid to camp, prisoner of war, diary of Col.
Van Cortlandt,
Sing Sing Sept 18th / 56
Dear Sir
Your favor of the 24th [ult-??] / was duly received, but [^ my] having mislaid / it must be my apology for not / sooner replying -
Gen’l Philip Van Cortlandt was appointed / a Colonel in the second Battalion of / new York forces [^ in the army of the United States] raised for the defence of / American liberty +c by commission / bearing date Nov 21st 1776, signed / by John Hancock President. Cha’s Thomson / Secretary. He was subsequently by comm= / mission bear from Congress bearing / date June 28th 1779 appointed as / Colonel of 2d N.Y. Regiment of [frot?] / and to take rank as such from the / 21st day of Nov 1776. He joined the Reg’t Jan 1st 1781
The following are is a list of Officers of / said Regiment Dates of Commission +c taken / from the original register in my possession
Names Rank I Date of Comm’n I When joined the Reg’t I Promoted Resign’ +c
Philip V Cortlandt Colonel Nov 21/76 Jan 1st/ 81
Robert Cochram Lt Col March 30
1780 do
Nicholas Fish Major do do
1 Samuel T Pell Capt’n do do
2 Jacob Wright do do do
3 John F [Hamtramch] do do do
4 Jonathan [Hallett] do do do
6 Israel Smith do do do
5 Benjamin Walker do do do
7 Theodocius Fowler do April 23d do
1778
8 Henry Dubois do Dec 22 do Resigned Nov 6th 1782
1779
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9 Henry Vandebergh Capt Mar 30th/80 do
1 Henry Pawling Lieu’t } Nov 21st do
1776
2 James Fairlie do do do
3 Michael Connolly do do do
4 Samuel Dodge do {[sept?] 1st do
1777
5 William Munday do Oct 10th/77 do {Dimissed the service by Court
Martial Oct 11th 1780
6 Rodolphus Hovenberg do Nov 9th/77 do
7 Joseph Failie do do do
8 William Colbrath do +2[M?] Nov 20 do
1777
9 Charles T Wiesenfelz do Sept 1st / 78 do
10 Christopher Hutton do + Adj’t Feb 6th / 79 do
11 John McClaughrey do Mar 30th/80 do Died Oct 27th 1781
12 Michael [Glersey?] do Apr’l 5th/80 do Do Do 30th Do
13 Daniel Denniston do April 11th 1780 do
1 James [Johnston] Ensign June 25th / 77 do Promoted Oct 11th 1781
2 Samuel Talmadge do Nov 9th 1777 do Do Do 27th Do
3 Ephraim Woodruff do do do Do Do 30th Do
4 Samuel Dodge do Jan 1st 1778 do
6 Bartholomew [F] Deberg do May 1st 1778 do
7 Barnardus Swartwout do Sept 1st 1778 do
8 John Brown do do do
9 Nehemiah Carpenter do June 5 1779 do
Appointed
Daniel [Marema?] Surgeon Aug 1st 1778 do
Mate Jan 1st 1780 do
Lewis Morris Ensign June 29 / 81 Dec 1st / 81 Resigned 30th Nov 1782
William Peters do do Dec 15th / 81
I perceive by the weekly that your / Father was absent from the Reg’t at / part o [^ one] the time as Aid to Baron / Steuben + at another as prisoner
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Of War -
There . I have in my possession / a number of Letters from different / persons relative to the movements / of the Reg’t + also a Diary Kept by / Col Van Cortlandt all of which I / should be happy to show you + to give / you such personal knowledge as I / have obtained from the Gen’t if you / would do me the favor to visit me / at any time –
I remain
Yours Truly
Philip G. Van Wyck
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[LABEL]
Draft of Answer
To
Frederick Fairlie
Sept 18th 1856
—-------------Transcriber
Kathryn AlexanderLanguage
English
