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BEP(P.782.089
23 Nov 1782:32 (2/58)
On Tuesday 7th instant departed this life at Nelson's Point
[New York], after a lingering illness, Mr. Dominic Trant, an
Ensign in the 9th Massachusetts Regiment, aged 18 years.
This amiable youth quitted his native country (Ireland) and
connexions in affluent and reputable circumstances, in the
city of Cork, to undergo the fatigues and hardships of a
soldier's life in the service of America. . . [10 lines] On
Friday succeeding, the remains of this worthy youth were
conveyed to the garrison of West-Point, from whence they
were conducted to the grave, in the following manner;
preceding the bier, a platoon of regular troops from the
regiment to which he belonged, marched in open order, with
arms reversed,--followed by a band of music, playing a
solemn dirge---the bier born by six sergeants, and attended
by six officers as pall bearers--and followed by his
Excellency General Washington, Major-General Knox, a
respectable number of military and civil gentlemen, to the
place of interment.
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