Military Papers

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1381328
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{"value"=>"1775-1779", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1775/1779"}
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{"value"=>"<p>The Military Papers comprise Revolutionary War materials that were neither generated nor received directly by Schuyler. They include alphabetically arranged correspondence and reports of officers of the guard at Ticonderoga, Ft. George, Philadelphia, and other locations; reports of scouting parties in the Northern Department; examinations of deserters; depositions and affidavits of civilians concerning the enemy, including testimony against loyalists; lists of Tories and their intercepted letters; papers regarding prisoners of war; proceedings of courts-martial; regimental returns of troops, payrolls, and sick lists; returns of provisions, public stores, and supplies; accounts of commissaries; and contracts, payrolls, discharges, and other documents regarding the employment of carpenters, masons, other laborers, and spies.</p>"}
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1775
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1775
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1779
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1775
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1779
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7 boxes

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  1. Letters [111/1]
  2. Loyalists [5/1]
  3. Affidavits, depositions, intelligence [3/1]
  4. Officers of the Guards reports [5/1]
  5. Officer of the Day reports, Mount Independence
  6. Barrack-Guard reports, Philadelphia
  7. Courts-Martial proceedings [3/1]
  8. Muster rolls by state and regimental returns [20/1]
  9. Returns of troops, garrison returns, and lists of officers [14/1]
  10. Passes
  11. Papers signed by medical officers certifying witness of service
  12. Contracts, discharges, payrolls for carpenters, laborers, and spies [3/1]
  13. Returns of stores at Philadelphia
  14. Return of provisions in store at Ticonderoga, Crown Point, and Fort George
  15. Return of provisions received at Fort George and forwarded to Ticonderoga, etc
  16. Miscellaneous papers relating to supplies, etc
  17. Returns of provisions received at Lake George Landing, by William Wheeler
  18. Pay, accounts of forces in the Northern Department
  19. Commissary General's Department - accounts of Elisha Phelps
  20. Commissary General's Department - accounts of Benjamin French
  21. Vouchers and receipts