Return of Captain Smith' s Company

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A Return of the Officers of Captain Smith' s Company, hi Colonel Fore Ness' s Regiment, was read and filed, and is in the words following, to wit:

"These are to certify that the following persons were duly elected officers in a Minute Company in Charlotte Precinct, Dutchess County, in Colonel Van Ness' s Regiment, viz: Melancton Smith, Captain; Isaac Bloom, First Lieutenant; William Mead, Second Lieutenant; and William Tremper, Ensign.

"JACOBUS SWARTWOUT, — Committee men.
"PETER TATPEN, — Committee men.
"REUBEN HOPKINS, — Committee men.
"February 22, 1776."

v5:302

Ordered, That Commissions issue for Melancton Smith, as Captain; Isaac Bloom, First Lieutenant; William Mead, Second Lieutenant; and William Tremper, Ensign.