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Return of the Army in New-Jersey under the command of General Mercer

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A General Return of the Army in NEW-JERSEY, under the command of the Honourable HUGH MERCER, Esq˙, Brigadier-General in the service of the AMERICAN STATES, PERTH-AMBOY, October 8, 1776.
REGIMENTS.
OFFICERS PRESENT.
RANK AND FILE.
Total office Privates
WHERE STATIONED.
FROM WHAT STATE.
Commissioned.
Stuff.
Non-Com' ed
Colonels. Lieut˙ Colonels. Majors. Captains. First Lieutenants. Second Lieutenats. Ensigns. Chaplains. Adjutants. Quartermasters. Paymasters. Surgeons. Mates. Sergeants. Drums and Fifes. Privates, fit tor duty. Sick. On furlough. Deserted. Total Privates.
Lieutenant-Colonel Tea   1 2 4 5 5 4   1 1   1   13 9 108 25 1 5 139 185 South-Jlmboy Pennsylvania Militia.
Colonel Patterson 1   1 7 6 6 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 27 12 268 74     342   Perth-Ambov Delaxcare Flying-Camp.
Colonel Moore 1 1 1 8 8 8 7   1 1   1   26 8 231 51 5 24 311   do. Pennsylvania do.
Colonel McCalister 1   1 9 8 7 8 1 2 2   2   35 8 369 61 8   438   do. do.
Colonel Clottz     1 3 3 3 2     1       10 2 103 18   4 125   do. do.
Colonel Read   1   3 3 2 2         1   8 4 98 10 1   109   do. Jersey Militia.
Colonel Ellis 1 1 2 5 5   4   1 1   1   22 2 113 19 1 3 136   do. do.
Colonel Shipman 1 1 1 9 8 8 5   1 1       1   246       246   do. do.
Colonel Allison 1 1 2 4 4 4 2 1 1 1       15 1 92 13 2   107   do. Pennsylvania do.
Colonel Savitz       2 2 1 2     1       6 4 50       50   do. do.
Colonel Henderson       2 2 1               4   22       22   do. do.
Total at Amboy 6 5 9 52 49 40 37 3 7 9 1 6 1 154 41 1592 246 17 31 1886 2306 Total at Perth-Amboy.
Colonel Smith 1   1 4 4       1 1       15   193 25     221   Woodbridge Jersey Militia.
Colonel Potter 1 1 9 7 7 6 6     1   1   25 12 138 39   1 180   do. do.
Colonel Holmes 1 1 2   4 5   1 1 1   1   20 8 152 16     168   do. do.
Total at Woodbridge 3 2 5 15 14 11 13 1 2 3   2   60 27 483 80   1 569 727 Total at Woodbridge.
Lieutenant-Col˙ Lawrence.       2 2 2 2   1         7 2 65 7     73   Elizabeth-Town. Pennsyl' a Ply ing-Camp.
Colonel Slough   1 2 5 5 4 4   1 1       15 10 171       171   do. do˙ Militia.
Colonel Drake 1   1 9 7 7 7   1 1   1   33 12 368       368   do. Jersey Militia.
Colonel Smith 1   2 10 7 7 7   1 1     1 35 8 405 52 8 13 478   do. do.
Colonel Mettelm 1 1   4 4 3 3   1 1       16 8 189       189   do. do.
Total at Elizabeth-Town. 3 3 5 30 25 23 23   5 4   3   106 40 1198 59 8 14 1279 1550 Total at Elizabeth Town.
Colonel Nelson 1 1 2 6 6   6 1 1 1   1   18 10 236 14 6   256 310 New-Ark Jersey Militia.
Colonel Swope 1 1 1 8 8 7 8   1 1   1 1 30 14 314 32 1 12 359   Fort Constitution. Pennsyl' a Flying-Camp.
Colonel Cunningham 1   1 3 8   1     1   1   12 1 121 13 4   138   do. do.
Colonel Montgomery   1 1 7 7 6 6     1       24 5 224 44 1 36 305   do. do.
Colonel Watt 1   1 6 7 7 7             27 8 368 63   4 435      
Total at FortConstitution 3   4 24 30 20 22   1 3   2   93 28 1027 152 6 52 1237 470 Total at Fort Constitution.
Total number 16 14 27 131 129 99 105 5 17 21 1 15 3 444 155 4644 576 43 103 5366 6548 At the different posts.

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