(AMERICAN REVOLUTION NEW JERSEY) Mallom John An Account of

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(AMERICAN REVOLUTION--NEW JERSEY.) Mallom, John. An Account of the Work Done by the 57th Regiment at Powlis Hook in Demolishing Works Left by the Rebels. Document Signed as Lieutenant in the 57th Regiment of Foot in the Royal Army, and countersigned by Lieutenant Colonel John Campbell. One page, 7 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches. (JMR) Paulus Hook, NJ, 13 April 1777

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Early in the Revolution, the Continental Army built a fort at Paulus Hook in what is now Jersey City, guarding against British incursions across the Hudson. The fort was abandoned and taken by the British in October 1776. This receipt describes the extent of labor done on the fort by the occupiers under Mallom's supervision, including "repairing redoubts now standing, & in erecting log breast works." Nine men spent almost two months on the job. The fort was later stormed by Light Horse Harry Lee in the Battle of Paulus Hook. Provenance: John Gray Bell 1857 catalogue, item 226.