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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC09290 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1775 |
| Title | Muster Roll for the 10 Companies of the 34th Regt of Foot in the Service of the United Colonies 1775 |
| Date | ca. 23 April 1775 |
| Document Type | Military document |
| Content Description | 2nd Massachusetts regiment. "Muster Roll" for the 10 Companies "of the 34th Reg't of Foot in the Service of the United Colonies 1775" [General John Thomas's 2nd Massachusetts Regiment, organized on April 23, 1775, drawn from members of the original Minutemen companies that responded to the Lexington Alarm.] The names include some of the first African American freemen to join the American cause in this desegregated regiment: Cuff Rezara [Rosary] [of Abington], Andrew Pomp [of Marshfield], and Jupiter Richards, Toby Torbett, Cuff Mitchell, Elias Sewall, and Joel Sugmug [Suikamug] [of Bridgewater]. |
| Subjects | Muster Rolls and Returns Minutemen Lexington and Concord Military History African American History African American Troops |
| Theme | The American Revolution; African Americans |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |