Download or read book Records of the Revolutionary War (Classic Reprint) written by William Thomas Saffell and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-07 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Records of the Revolutionary War As great numbers of the descendants of Revolutionary officers and soldiers are, at this time, eagerly in search of information relative to the service of their ancestors, for purposes of profit and satisfaction as well as of history; and, as many of them reside at places where nothing of the kind can be had without considerable difficulty and expense, I have thought it my proper duty to place my collections within the reach of an interested. In so doing, lam not without a strong reason to induce a belief that they will be of some considerable historical interest in indicating the different locations and movements of the army and in showing the whereabouts of individual officers, regiments, detachments, and corps, as well as in giving the precise dates of important events; and as the financial difficulties of the infant Republic in 1760 has been a subject of great interest, both in history and in legislation, new light is thrown upon it by the correspondence dated in that year. As the Congress of the United States, the Court of Claims, and the Executive Departments are constantly engaged in the legislation upon, and in the investigation and adjustment of, claims against the United States for military service, I am convinced that much of the matter included in my collections, especially the correspondence of officers, and the list of their deaths, will serve as an important guide to individuals in asserting their claims, and as a protection of the interests of the government in adjusting them. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.