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NYM(G.775.092
23 Oct 1775:23 (1254)
New-York, October 23. On the 12th instant arrived here on
his return from the Provincial Camp at Cambridge, and on the
18th departed this life, of a fever, in the twenty-eighth
year of his age, Michael Cressop, Esq; eldest son of Col.
Thomas Cressop, of Potowmack, in Virginia:. . . [14 lines
describing life, lately a Captain in the Continental Army.
Then] His remains were interr'd the day following, in
Trinity-Church-Yard, with military honours, attended by a
vast concourse of people. The following is the order of the
procession. . . [A diagram in the following order] Serjeant,
Major. Grenadiers of the first battalion with their
firelocks reversed. Lieutenant. Lieutenant. Drums and fifes.
Capt. of Grenadiers. Serj. Serj. Adjutants conducting the
funeral. Band of Musick. Clergy. Men. The Corpse. . . [etc.]
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