Physical Description:
133 leaves, 20 cm, bound volume. Notes:
Orderly books of Ebenezer Thayer: 1) 1776, Aug. 16 - Nov. 28,
Boston and Dorchester, Mass.; 2) 1780, Aug. 20 - Oct. 27, Howland
Ferry, Newport, Butt Hill, R.I., and 3) 1786, May 9 - 1791, Apr. 3,
Dorchester, Braintree, Roxbury, Mass. Also included are "Return of
Officers Elected in the First Division, First Brigade of Militia of
this Commonwealth, 1789, Aug. 6 - Sept. 3 (ff. 127 v. - 129), and
Ebenezer Thayer's letters, reports, and communications addressed to
William Heath, 1780, Aug. 11 - Sept. 23. Biographical Note:
Ebenezer Thayer, Jr., an officer of the Massachusetts militia. In
1776, Colonel Thayer commanded a militia regiment raised for the
defense of Boston. In the fall of 1780, he was in charge of a
three-month regiment of militia raised to support the Expédition
particulière, the French expeditionary army under the command of
Rochambeau. The regiment was placed under the command of William
Heath and stationed in Rhode Island. After the war, Ebenezer Thayer
commanded a militia regiment that was part of Benjamin Lincoln's
force that suppressed Shay's Rebellion. By 1789, Thayer had been
promoted to Brigadier General and commanded a brigade in 1st
Division, Massachusetts Militia, stationed at Braintree and
Boston. Subjects:
Thayer, Ebenezer, Jr., fl. 1776-1791 -- Archives. ; Heath, William,
1737-1814 -- Correspondence. ; Massachusetts. Militia -- Archives.
; United States. Continental Army -- History -- Sources. ; Shays'
Rebellion, 1786-1787 -- Sources. ; Massachusetts -- History --
Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Sources. ; Massachusetts -- History --
Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Regimental histories -- Sources. ; Rhode
Island -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Sources. ; United
States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Sources. ; United
States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- American forces --
Sources. ; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 --
Participation, French -- Sources. ; United States -- History --
Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Regimental histories -- Massachusetts --
Sources. Form/Genre:
Military records United States Revolution, 1775-1783. (aat) ;
Military records Massachusetts 18th century. (aat) ; Orderly books
Massachusetts Revolution, 1775-1783. (aat) ; Orderly books United
States Revolution, 1775-1783. (aat) Physical Collection:
Orderly Books of the American Revolution.
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