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Sunday July 1st. March’d at ½ after 4 Oclock up to Richmond Allens on the Pamonkey, for the Conveniency [of washing…&bathing our…] a Vessell of five hundred tun burthen can come to this place, the River is near half a mile Broad, the water very Salty, this day march’d 7 miles, an unfortunate accident happen’d in the afternoon Doctor Downey Surgeon’s Mate to sixth Regt went in the Pamonkey to Bath[e]. he was drown’ded, with two Soldiers belonging to the Infantry – From #MarchingtoVictory #HistoricalTweets #LivingHistory Live tweets from Capt. Benjamin Bartholomew’s Diary of the Yorktown Campaing, Marching to Victory May 1781 to March 1782
Posted on: Mon, 01 Jul 2013 15:23:14 +0000

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