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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.01378 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0040] March 1782 |
| Title | Return of recruits enlisted and sworn to serve for three years |
| Date | March 1782 |
| Author | Machin, Thomas (1744-1816) |
| Document Type | Military document |
| Content Description | Signed by Captain Machin of the Second Regiment of Artillery. Document lists John Christy and John McDonald as having sworn to serve three years during the war. |
| Subjects | Muster Rolls and Returns Revolutionary War Military History Continental Army Recruitment Artillery |
| 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 the 21 August 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. Geo. Clinton, Gen. James Clinton, Gen's Washington and La Fayette, 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 |