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Automatic message. The advantage of having Yahoo groups do our list is to have access to shared files online. There is a photo file for pictures of members....
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Ernest, In Lieby's "The Revolutionary War in the Hackensack Valley",a pension statement is sited that refers to the building of the Dobbs Ferry (western side ...
Hello - I'm a RevWar (Civilian) reenactor in Bangor, Maine who is interested in having a uniform made of the 74th Regiment of Foot (British). My interest...
Here is an interesting letter from New Jersey Governor Livingston to Baron Von Steuben regarding his intention (Livingston) to train some New Jersey Militia...
Interesting! It would be very interesting to find that some were actually introduced to Von Stueben. Outwater's does an early war impression- this is Very...
Is this from the published papers or archive? While on the subject of these papers (but off-topic on militia), there is an affadavit referred to in his...
Okay I guess I missed how this started but that's okay.. If your doing Militia why wouldn't your primary drill be 64??? Unless you can with out a doubt prove...
Outwater's drill is the 64th. We have no evidence that they used anything else. They may have used a Dutch manual however, since the original company spoke...
Glen wrote: "They may have used a Dutch manual however, since the original company spoke mostly Dutch. Since we don't speak it, the manual would be useless to...
I am in full support of Mr. Miner on this issue and can give incontrovertible proof that the language issue was not a big deal to them. One only needs to look...
Well I am sure that they seemed to have little problem working for various officers, not enough to make many comments. While most did speak some English, some...
Some of he Jersey Dutch in Bergen County spoke Dutch into the late 1900's. The Bergen County historical society has an account of a Dutch immigrant speaking...
I do not know much more than what Bud and other have said. I agree with there analysis. I also know that Schuyler was very fluent in a number of languages...
Hi all, Eric Schnitzer of the Saratoga NHP provided me with this quote - Sunday. Saratoga. Octr. 12. 1777. Went out upon a scout, with fifty men, in the...
Sean wrote: Earlier this month, I had an opportunity to spend a week going to various historical sites in New Jersey as part of a conference. I found that...
Greetings, Came across the following which proves at least an Anglo cultural bias against militia for the last 400 years ! We've been 'getting no respect' for...
Rick and company: It wasn't Sean/SPOC who referenced that return, it was me, in a private post to you and Bud. For the edification of all, here it is again: ...
Sean and List: I don't think I'm a scholar on Dutch heritage either, but considering my family came from the Netherlands to New Jersey in the 1650s, I have...
Wow, Great stuff, thanks Rick, Bones (Greg) and Todd, I am short on time right now to even properly digest things. Some quick observations are: I look at...
Bones pointed out that I had the wrong Hamilton in the prior post - I confused Alexander with Dr. Alexander This gets very difficult - earlier in the week I...
Sean, ... Not really. New Jersey developed along the lines of small farmsteads with very VERY small towns in between. There were prominent families, but more...
Sean, Take heart! As an avid researcher I am sure that you, like myself, find yourself as elated to find proof of errors as you are confirmation of facts. ...
Greg and Liste, Sorry Greg, I knew that! I am now 54 and I can blame senior moments, but more likely I was so wrapped up in my need to demonstrate my limited...
Greetings, Some selections in Dutch Language usage: 1. Peter Kalm ,1749, "The inhabitants of Albany and the environs are almost all Dutchman.they speak...
Greetings: I have been reading a book titled " The First American Revolution before Lexington and Concord ".By author Ray Raphael.He states the Committee of...
In a message dated 7/19/03 11:54:48 AM Pacific Daylight Time, ... Hi Doug, Interesting points. I absolutely agree that it appears there was no uniform drill...
... <snip> ... Greetings For clarification, the following is an excerpt of an email which I had sent to the list awhile back concerning the 64 Drill and the...
Greg ... This is interesting. I also seem to remember "without the aid of my aged thinking cap," and so long ago that the ref. would be impossible, that I came...
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