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Title: Orderly book for Capt. William Coits Company, 1775, Apr. 23 - Aug. 7
Creator: Coit, William, 1756?-1802, author
Contributor: Fargo, Moses, active 1775
United States. Continental Army. Connecticut Regiment, 6th (1775). Co. 4
Date Created and/or Issued: 1775
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Manuscripts
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Description: Orderly book of William Coit's command covers the period from Apr. 23 to Aug. 7, 1775. No entries were made for the period between April 26 and June 1.
The 6th Connecticut Regiment was one of six regiments created by the Connecticut legislature on May 1, 1775. On June 14, it was taken into the Continental army. William Coit (1742-1802) organized and drilled a company at New London early in 1775; the company was later incorporated in the 6th Connecticut as the Fourth Company.
Extent: 56 leaves.
Identifier: mssHM 679
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll7/id/24561
Subject: Coit, William, 1742-1802--Archives
Fargo, Moses, fl. 1775
United States. Continental Army--Archives
United States. Continental Army--History--Sources
United States. Continental Army. Connecticut Regiment, 6th (1775). Co. 4
Boston (Mass.)--History--Siege, 1775-1776--Sources
Connecticut--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Regimental histories--Sources
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Sources
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--American forces--Sources
Orderly books United States Revolution, 1775-1783. (aat)
Military records United States Revolution, 1775-1783. (aat)
Source: Orderly Books of the American Revolution.
Manuscripts, Huntington Digital Library

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