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Return of Colonel Read' s Regiment, May 18, 1775

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RETURN OF COLONEL READ' S REGIMENT, MAY 18, 1775.

Joseph Read, Colonel; Ebenezer Clapp, Lieutenant-Colonel; Calvin Smith, Major; Hezekiah Chapman, Chaplain; John Holden, Adjutant; William Jennison, Quartermaster; Levi Willard, Surgeon; Joseph Adams, Surgeon' s Mate.

Captains.
Oliver Pond,
Samuel Payson,
Andrew Peters,
William Briggs,
Seth Bullard,
Samuel Warren,
David Bacheller,
Samuel Cobb,
Moses Knap,
Edward Seagrove,

Lieutenants.
W˙ Messenger,
Royal Kollock,
Levi Aldrich,
Simeon Leach,
Thomas Potter,
Joseph Cody,
Benjamin Farrer,
Japneth Daniels,
Nehemiah While,
Job Knapp,

Ensigns.
Elias Bacon.
Enoch Hewens.
William Daling.
Jed˙ Southworth,
Ezekiel Plympton.
Geo˙ Whipple.
Robert Taft.
Amos Ellis.
Benjamin Capron.
Peter Taft.

Officers, 30; Men, 564; Total, 594.

Watertown, May 24, 1775.

Received the Commissions for the officers above-mentioned.

JOSEPH READ, Colonel.

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