AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR MANUSCRIPTS, LOT OF SIX, six individual pages, including a non-chronological log of maneuvers and activity related to the Battle of White Plains and associated battles, and three receipts for "Bounty Money" for units in the "Flying Camp", the first which reads "Redt. of Col Jam. Cunigham(sic) Esq. / the Sum of 6 Pound Pensalv.(sic) Curren. / to Pay of the Remaining Bounty Muny(sic) of My Company, Fort Constitution / Sept. 18th 1776", the second "Red. Capt. Daniel Oldenbruck(sic) the Sum of / 3 Pound Penssalveny Curenc.(sic) as Bounty Mony(sic), / for the Flying Camp. / Aug.st the 28, 1776 / Witness our ("my" crossed out) Hand" and bearing several signatures, and the third "Red. Of Cornel(sic) Curtis Grubb Esq. / the Sum of 150 Pound Pensalv.(sic) / Curance(sic) for the use of my / Company(sic) it Being Bounty / Mony(sic) for 50 men for the / Flying Camps / Aug.st the 28 1776" and, in different ink, "With I have a Countet(sic) for / Aug.st the 29, 1776". 1775-1776.
Provenance: Property of a Virginia private collector.
Catalogue Note: Colonel Curtis Grubb was of the Grubb Family Iron Dynasty, and a fierce patriot. His unit, the 2nd Lancaster Battalion, was part of the "Flying Camp", an attempt by General Washington to create a mobile reserve force during the American Revolution. Captain Oldenbreck's (sometimes Olinbrook) company and Colonel Cunningham's battalion where also mustered to serve in the "Flying Camp". In 1776, Cunningham commanded the 1st Lancaster Regiment, of which Oldenbreck's company was a part.
Condition
Very good to good condition, expected staining and wear, some tears and folds.