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Recommendation of Field-Officers for the Pennsylvania Battalion

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RECOMMENDATION OF FIELD-OFFICERS FOR THE PENNSYLVANIA BATTALION.

IN COMMITTEE OF SAFETY, PHILADELPHIA, January 9, 1776.

Pursuant to a resolution of Congress and this Board, this Committee proceeded to the choice of a number of gentlemen as proper persons for Field-Officers to the Fifth Battalion to be raised in Cumberland County, when the following persons were agreed upon, and now recommended to the honourable Congress, as suitable persons to fill the office of Colonel, Lieutenant-Colonel, and Major. Colonels, William Irvine, James Irvine. Lieutenant-Colonels, Thomas Hartley, Patrick Maxwell. Majors, James Dunlap, Edward Morton.

Extract from the Minutes: WILLIAM GOVETT, Secretary.

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Title

Recommendation of Field-Officers for the Pennsylvania Battalion

Creator

Pennsylvania, Committee of Safety
Govett, William

Editor

Pennsylvania, Committee of Safety
Govett, William

Resource Type

text

Genre/Form

documents (object genre)

Date Created

1776-01-09

Presentation Location

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, North America

Before Whom

Pennsylvania, Committee of Safety

Subject

Key people, events, and institutions: meetings, provincial conventions and assemblies

Document ID

S4-V4-P01-sp15-D0053

Series

S4

Volume

S4-V4

Part

S4-V4-P01

Sub-Part

S4-V4-P01-sp15

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