Lot 167
Valley Forge Muster Roll of Captain Hugh Maxwell's Company. "A Roll of Capt. Maxwell's Company in Collo. John Bailey's Regt. from the Massachusetts State in the Continental Army in Camp Near Valey Forge, January ye 24th 1778," 12¼ x 14 in (visible), matted with an image from Valley Forge and framed to an overall size of 17¾ x 27½ in. Overall toning; verso is not visible in frame. Together with a copy of The Christian Patriot: Some Recollections of the Late Col. Hugh Maxwell, of Massachusetts, "Collected and Preserved By A Daughter" (New York: S.W. Benedict & Co., 1833), 2nd edition, No. 33 of 50, 146 pp., 5½ x 4 inches, marbled boards, leather spine and gold lettering.
Valley Forge, more than any other place associated with the American Revolution, has come to epitomize the suffering and sacrifice, as well as the perseverance and fortitude, of the American Army led by George Washington. Of the 10,000 men stationed at Valley Forge, over 2,500 died, most of them from disease and exposure. Valley Forge also represents the metamorphosis of the American army from ragged, undisciplined troops into a unified fighting force.
Hugh Maxwell was lieutenant of a company of minute men who joined Col. Prescott's regiment after Lexington. He was wounded at the battle of Bunker Hill. He was commissioned captain May 10, 1775 under Prescott and major July 7, 1777 under Col. John Bailey, with whom he entered Valley Forge in December 1777; they remained there until June 1778. Maxwell was commissioned lieutenant colonel of M. Jackson's regiment August 1, 1782. He was present at the siege of Boston, the battles of Trenton, Princeton, Saratoga, and Monmouth, and in the January 1781 attack on De Lancey's Loyalists at Morrisania.
Estimated Value $2,500 - 3,000.
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