Charts of the Provincial army and navy...
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September 05, 1776
THE ST. JAMES'S CHRONICLE OR BRITISH EVENING-POST, London, Sept. 5, 1776.
* Army & Navy chart
* Revolutionary War original from the enemy
A front page letter from Philadelphia notes: "The Congress has been pleased to confer the Honour of Rear Admiral on Archibald Stag, & brave & excellent officer..." with a bit more.
Pg. 3 has some reports from America including:
* General Howe left Halifax June 11...was probable he would land & refresh his men for a day or two, his joining his brother at Staten Island cannot be sooner expected than 14 or 15 days...expected to make Staten Island by the 23 or July..
and included is a chart of the: "State of the Provincial Navy in the Month of May" with a total of 445 ships (see).
A terrific & quite rare item is a full column chart on pg. 3 of the: "...List of the Provincial Army with the Names or the several Colonels & their Stations as they were on the 31st of last May..." which includes many famous names (see photos), including Putnam, Pribble, Lee, Washington, Dickinson, Arnold, Sterling among others.
A back page item notes: "...has been an engagement in America between Gen. Howe & the Provincials, in which the former was defeated with the loss of several thousand men...".
Four pages, folio size, never trimmed, red ink tax stamp on ftpg., great condition.
* Army & Navy chart
* Revolutionary War original from the enemy
A front page letter from Philadelphia notes: "The Congress has been pleased to confer the Honour of Rear Admiral on Archibald Stag, & brave & excellent officer..." with a bit more.
Pg. 3 has some reports from America including:
* General Howe left Halifax June 11...was probable he would land & refresh his men for a day or two, his joining his brother at Staten Island cannot be sooner expected than 14 or 15 days...expected to make Staten Island by the 23 or July..
and included is a chart of the: "State of the Provincial Navy in the Month of May" with a total of 445 ships (see).
A terrific & quite rare item is a full column chart on pg. 3 of the: "...List of the Provincial Army with the Names or the several Colonels & their Stations as they were on the 31st of last May..." which includes many famous names (see photos), including Putnam, Pribble, Lee, Washington, Dickinson, Arnold, Sterling among others.
A back page item notes: "...has been an engagement in America between Gen. Howe & the Provincials, in which the former was defeated with the loss of several thousand men...".
Four pages, folio size, never trimmed, red ink tax stamp on ftpg., great condition.
Category: Revolutionary War
