Photograph of a document appointing Jacob Weaver, Esq. as captain of an independent company to be raised in Pennsylvania, January 1777 in the Continental Army. Signed by Charles Montgomery and John Hancock.
1) Fowler, John. Charged with taking up arms for the King.
2) Singer, Casper. Charged with assault and battery.
3) Graham, William. Charged with speaking in a mean and discouraging manner of our Continental soldiers on July 21.
4) Sauder, Caspar. Charged with refusing the Continental Bills of Credit.
Additional names: Henry Kendrick, Conrad Yost, Michael Hahn, Frederick Yeiser, Peter Reitzel, Mrs. Peter Reitzel, Christian Wirtz, William Henry, Christina Miller.
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[John] Cook received military supplies from Captain Stephen Chambers from the Continental Army's stores--shirts, coats, other clothing, jackets, shoes, muskets with bayonets, one rifle, cartridge boxes, and tomahawks.
George Steinman Papers, Series 1 (MG0184_S01) https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/786b3ffc-7908-40de-9362-817467455650
George Steinman Papers, Series 2 (MG0184_S02) https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/6c7e11c6-f3ca-469c-891a-145832196710
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Other Numbers
MG-184, Series 2
Other Number
MG-184, Series 2, Folder 5, Insert 2, Item 8
Classification
MG0184
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Item
Custodial History
Added to database 1 May 2024.
Digitization of this document was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # C980002119, 2021-2024.
