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NYJ-N.775.121
26 Oct 1775:31 (1712)
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 twenty eight year of his age,
Michael Cressop Esq; eldest son of Colonel Thomas Cressop,
of Potowmack, in Virginia:--He was Captain of a rifle
company now in the Continental army before Boston. . . [11
lines of biography] 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. . . [6 more lines]
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