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Potter, Military History of New-Hampshire (1868), p. 290: Company 7 of Wingate's regiment (Capt. William Humphrey) and the paragraph that follows. Company 7 and the final paragraph of the Wingate regiment's officer list, which begins on p. 289.

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Transcription

> 290 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT.

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> 4. John Nesmith, Captain.

> Richard Dow, 1st Lieutenant.

> Alexander Graham, 2d Lieutenant.

> Samuel Cheney, Ensign.

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> 5. Samuel Nay, Captain.

> Caleb Tilton, 1st Lieutenant.

> Thomas Leavitt, 2d Lieutenant.

> Dudley Sanborn, Ensign.

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> 6. Simon Marston, Captain.

> Zebulon Barber, 1st Lieutenant.

> Andrew McGaffey, 2d Lieutenant.

> Wm. Bennett, Ensign.

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> 7. William Humphrey, Captain.

> William Symonds, 1st Lieutenant.

> Israel Whipple, 2d Lieutenant.

> Moses Belding, Ensign.

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> 8. Joseph Badger, Jr., Captain.

> Elijah Dinsmore, 1st Lieutenant.

> Samuel Wallingford, 2d Lieutenant.

> John Parsons, Ensign.

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> The regiments under Cols. Wyman and Wingate were raised for the army of Canada, but joined the Northern Army in New-York, Gen. Sullivan having made his successful retreat with the remnant of Montgomery's Army, before their arrival.

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> The 7th of August, the Committee of Safety ordered the addition of another company to the six matross companies at Portsmouth, and that the ranks of the companies should be filled, and the same formed into a regiment. The 25th of September the regiment was organized as

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> *Col. Pierce Long's Regiment.*

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> Pierce Long, Colonel.

> Hercules Mooney, Lt. Colonel.

> Caleb Hodgdon, Major.

> James McClure, Adjutant.

> Hall Jackson, Surgeon.

> James Howe, Surgeon's Mate.

> George Gains, Quartermaster.

## Notes

- No person named Oak, Oake, Oakes or Oaks appears on this page.

- Entries 4 through 8 continue a numbered list of company officers begun on the preceding page (not part of this transcription); the numbering and indentation are reproduced as printed.

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