A muster roll of Capt. Roderick Random's company of the Twentieth Pennsylvania Regiment of Foot, in the service of the United States, commanded by Colonel John Hampden

Timespan:

Revolution, 1775-1783

Date:

1777

Language:

English

Provenance:

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 (former owner)

Publisher:

[publisher not identified]

Subject:

United States. -- Continental Army; History, Military; History

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Registers (Lists); Muster rolls; Broadsides -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- 18th century

Physical Description:

1 sheet (2 unnumbered pages); 22 x 35 cm

Geographic Subject:

Pennsylvania -- History, Military -- Registers; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783; United States; Pennsylvania

Related Place:

United States -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?

Notes:

A Loyalist satire on the Continental army.; Designed as model for filling out muster-roll forms for Pennsylvania militia.; Dated at foot: "April 1, 1777, mustered then Captain Roderick Random's company, as specified in the above roll. Richard Swift, D.M. Master."; Broadside.; Not in Evans or Hildeburn.; Acquired in 1903 as part of the Benjamin Franklin Papers. Formerly housed in Franklin Papers XII.47.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Rare Book Collection, Mapcase AB7 A100 777m

Collection:

Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania); American Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania); Benjamin Franklin Papers (University of Pennsylvania)