Provincial Congress Military Committee correspondence and administrative papers
Series Number
A1813
Summary
This series contains correspondence, rough minutes, resolutions, lists of officers, and accounts compiled by the Military Committee of the Provincial Congress. These records concern organizing, raising, and supplying troops; orders to military commanders; progress of the war; and accusations against suspected loyalists. The records are fragile due to burn damage.
Creator
New York (State). Provincial Congress. Military Committee
Access Restrictions
Records are fragile due to burn damage. Use is restricted. Microfilm is first use copy.
These returns provide names and commission dates of militia officers elected by local committees, as well as numbers of troops in militia regiments. Also included are lists of enlisted men, lists of prisoners, minutes of the Provincial Congress concerning election returns, records of arms and ammunition on hand, and incoming correspondence of the Committee of Safety regarding orders carried out. Records are fragile due to burn damage.
Creator
New York (State). Provincial Congress
Access Restrictions
Records are fragile due to burn damage. Use is restricted. Microfilm is first use copy.