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NYM(G.781.084
9 Jul 1781:31 (1551)
On Monday the 2d instant, the battalion of Loyal Volunteer
of the city of New-York, commanded by his Excellency Lieut.
General Robertson, paraded in the Broadway, at five in the
morning, at six they moved to Water-street, where they drew
up facing the house of our worth magistrate, David Mathews,
Esq; their Lieutenant Colonel, who (after the battalion had
presented their arms, a band of music, playing God save the
King, and the officers drawn up in three ranks, in front of
the centre of the battalion) presented to the corps a pair
of elegant colours, a compliment from Lieut. Gen. Robertson,
as a testimony of his Excellency's approbation of their
conduct, loyalty and spirited resolution, in forming
themselves into a select body for the defence of this city.
They then proceeded to the ground of exercise above the
ship-yards, and after a very short field day, particularly
calculated for immediate service, the whole marched back to
the fields nigh St. Paul's Church, and lodged their colours,
escorted by two light infantry companies, music, &c. &c. at
Lieutenant-Colonel Mathews's house. . . [1 more paragraph]
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