Citation - Pennsylvania Packet-Philadelphia: 1779.03.18

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Index Entry Deserter, American drummer, named Kennedy, Richard 
Location Philadelphia 
Citation
PP-P.779.023
18 Mar 1779:42
Deserted.  From the First Pennsylvania Regiment of
Artillery, commanded by Col. Thomas Proctor, now lying at
Philadelphia.
. . . William Mahone, fifer, about five feet three or four
inches high, fair complexion, short fair hair, about sixteen
years of age, born in New-Jersey.
. . . Jesse Rice, drummer, five feet two inches high, fair
complexion, country born.
. . . Richard Kennedy, drummer, five feet five inches high,
full face, a little freckled, short curled hair, nineteen
years of age, born in Ireland.
William Totten, fifer, about five feet three inches high,
short curled hair, a little freckled, seventeen years old,
born in Ireland.
. . . [7 lines on reward terms]
[signed] Thomas Forrest, Major of Artillery.


Generic Title Pennsylvania Packet-Philadelphia 
Date 1779.03.18 
Publisher Dunlap, John 
City, State Philadelphia, PA 
Year 1779 
Bibliography B0040408
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