Citation - Connecticut Journal: 1778.01.28

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Index Entry Cheney, Elijah, fiddler, American deserter 
Location Pomfret 
Citation
CJ-NH.778.005
28 Jan 1778:43 (537)
Deserted from my company, in Col. Wyllys's Regiment, one
Samuel Cleaveland, a serjeant, about 25 years of age, 5 feet
10 inches high, dark eyes and dark hair, and light
complexion, with a considerable scar on his right temple;
and one Elijah Cheney, a soldier, about 25 years of age, 5
feet 11 inches high, dark eyes, dark hair, and light
complexion, a very good fiddler, both belonging to Pomfret
in Connecticut. . . [5 more lines speculating said
deserters' intentions and conditions for returning them if
found] [signed] Wills Clift, Capt.  Fish Kill, January 20,
1778.


Generic Title Connecticut Journal 
Date 1778.01.28 
Publisher Green, Thomas and Samuel 
City, State New Haven, CT 
Year 1778 
Bibliography B0015131
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