III. Enlistment forms for John Storer's Company
Scope and Contents
All documents are to enlist men as private soldiers to serve King George the Second in John Storer's "Company of Foot", in the County of York, Maine, and are signed by the enlistee and primarily by John Storer or another officer. Enlistment was for an "Expedition against the French settlements at Cape-Breton, and the islands adjacent." Each document also lists where the soldier was born and his age as of that day and notes he received 1 pound enlisting money. Some men did not sign a signature, but "made their mark" with an X. Only one item is entirely in manuscript, the rest are printed forms with manuscript additions. The names on the forms are often have multiple variant spellings on the same form; names have been standardized using printed lists of men serving in each company.
Dates
- Creation: 1744-1747
Language of Materials
Collection materials are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on physical access to this material. Collection is open for research.
Extent
.25 linear feet (1 box)Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by name of enlistee.
Physical Location
b
Repository Details
Part of the Houghton Library Repository
Houghton Library is Harvard College's principal repository for rare books and manuscripts, archives, and more. Houghton Library's collections represent the scope of human experience from ancient Egypt to twenty-first century Cambridge. With strengths primarily in North American and European history, literature, and culture, collections range in media from printed books and handwritten manuscripts to maps, drawings and paintings, prints, posters, photographs, film and audio recordings, and digital media, as well as costumes, theater props, and a wide range of other objects. Houghton Library has historically focused on collecting the written record of European and Eurocentric North American culture, yet it holds a large and diverse number of primary sources valuable for research on the languages, culture and history of indigenous peoples of the Americas, Africa, Asia and Oceania.
Houghton Library’s Reading Room is free and open to all who wish to use the library’s collections.
Harvard Yard
Harvard University
Cambridge MA 02138 USA
(617) 495-2440
Houghton_Library@harvard.edu