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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.10035 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0042] May 1782 |
| Title | Return of recruites inlisted [sic] and sworn to serve for three years and during the War in the Second Regiment of Artillery commanded by Colonel John Lamb |
| Date | May 1782 |
| Author | Machin, Thomas (1744-1816) |
| Document Type | Military document |
| Content Description | Lists the names of forty soldiers. |
| Subjects | Revolutionary War Military History Continental Army Muster Rolls and Returns Recruitment Artillery |
| People | Machin, Thomas (1744-1816) Lamb, John (1735-1800) |
| Theme | The American Revolution |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Additional Information | Thomas Machin was born in England, March 20, 1744, settled in America in 1772, and took an early and active interest in the Revolution. He was made Second Lieutenant of N. Y. Artillery, January 18, 1776, and Captain Lieutenant in the second battalion of Artillery on the 1st of January, which rank he held in the expedition to Onondaga, under Col. Van Schaick, and to the Genesee country, under Gen. Clinton, in 1779. On August 21, 1780, he was appointed Captain in the Second N. Y. Artillery, and one year after in the First. He was employed as engineer in constructing and placing the chain across the Hudson in the Highlands, and after the war was for a time engaged in coining money for the States (before the adoption of the Federal Constitution), his works being at the outlet of a pond, five miles back from Newburgh. He enjoyed the confidence of Gov. George Clinton, Gen. James Clinton, Generals Washington and Lafayette, and many other distinguished men of his day. He obtained patents of large tracts of land in the northern part of Oneida county; was a member of the N. Y. State Society of Cincinnati, and was succeeded by his son Gen. Thomas Machin of Albany. He died at Charleston, Montgomery county, N. Y., April 3, 1816. Machin kept a journal from April 19 to 23, 1779 during Colonel Van Schaick's expedition against the Onondagas. Published in the 'Magazine of American History', November, 1879. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |