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IC.777.016
13 Feb 1777:33 (9/443)
Deserted from Capt. Abraham Livingston's company, Col. James
Livingston's Regiment:--John Richards, about 5 feet 4 inches
high, fair complexion, brown hair, tied in a club, dark
eyes; had on a blue coat, faced with red, the button-hole
edged with silver, a mason by trade, and born in Boston.
Also, John Davis, about 5 feet 7 inches high, sandy
complexion, short light hair, pock-marked, limps in his
gait; had on a light brown coat, with white facings, a
native of Europe. --They inlisted themselves as Drum and
Fife-Majors, in the regiment late of General Patterson's,
Capt. Smith's company, and are supposed to be gone to
Newbury. . . [6 lines, 2 other deserters] Twenty dollars
reward will be given for each of the above deserters, on
their being sent to their regiment, now lying at Albany, and
reasonable charges paid. [signed] Abr. Livingston, Captain.
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