Revolutionary War Muster Roll for the 1st Massachusetts Brigade, 1778.


BAILEY, LUTHOR, Adj. Return of the 1st Massachusetts Regiment of Foot Commanded by Col. John Bailey. Autograph Manuscript Signed ("Luthor Bailey Adj"), 2 pp recto and verso, oblong folio (200 x 315 mm), Camp White Plains, July 24, 1778, leaf toned, small loss at upper left margin, lower margin rough.A remarkable accounting of the 1st Massachusetts two years in, likely executed after the regiment was reorganized into the Eastern Department of the Continental Army on July 22, 1778. The recto lists the companies by leader and gives the makeup of each, including the missing and dead. The verso lists 13 officers who are no longer part of the regiment, including a "D. Lord" who has been reassigned to VALLEY FORGE.