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RNYG.775.064
26 Oct 1775:41 (132)
New York, October 23. 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-eighth
year of his age, Michael Cressop, Esq; eldest son of Col.
Thomas Cressop, of Potomack, in Virginia; He was Captain of
a Rifle Company now in the Continental Army before Boston.
He served as a Captain under the command of Lord Dunsmore,
in the late expeditions against the Indians, in which he
eminently distinguished himself by his prudence, firmness
and intrepidity, as a brave officer; and in the present
contest between the parent state and the Colonies, gave
proofs of his attachment to the rights and liberties of his
country. He has left a widow and four children to deplore
the loss of a husband and a father; and by his death his
country is deprived of a worthy and esteemed citizen.
His remains were interr'd 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: . . .
[There follows a diagram with a dot representing each person
and unit, including the drums and fifes, and the Band of
Musick, and a picture of the coffin for the coffin.]
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