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CJ-B.782.062
21 Nov 1782:31 (353)
On Tuesday 7th instant departed this life at Nelson's Point,
(State of New York) after a lingering illness, Mr. Dominic
Trant, an Ensign in the 9th Massachusetts Regiment, aged 18
years. This amiable youth quitted his native country
(Ireland) and connections in affluent and reputable
circumstances in the city of Cork, to undergo the fatigues
and hardships of a soldier's life in the service of America.
. . [12 lines] On Friday succeeding, the remains of this
worthy youth were conveyed to the garrison of West-Point,
from whence they were conducted to the grave, in the
following manner: preceeding the bier, a platoon of regular
troops from the regiment to which he belonged, marched in
open order, with arms revers'd,--followed by a band of
music, playing a solemn dirge,--the bier born by six
sergeants, and attended by six officers as pall bearers--and
followed by his Excellency General Washington, Major-General
Knox, a respectable number of military and civil gentlemen,
to the place of interment.
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