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MJ.775.022
1 Nov 1775:3752 (2/98)
New York, Oct. 26, On the 12th instant arrived here on his
return from the provincial camp at Cambridge, and on the
18th departed this life, of a fever, in the 28th year of his
age, Michael Cressop, Esq; eldest son of Col. Thomas
Cressop, of Powtomack, in Virginia. He was a Captain of a
rifle company now in the Continental Army before Boston.
. . . [11 lines on his career]
His remains were interred the day following, in Trinity
Church yard, with military honours, attended by a vast
concourse of people.
The following is the order of the procession. Serjeant
Major. Grenadiers of the First Battalion with their
firelocks reversed.-- Two lieutenants. Drums and fifes.
Captain of the Grenadiers. Two Serjeants. Two adjutants
conducting the funeral. Band of music. Clergymen. [5
lines describing other members of the procession.]
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