From The Gazetteer of the State of New Hampshire (in three parts), compiled from the best authorities, by Eliphalet Merrill and the Late Phinehas Merrill, Esq., Printed by C. Norris & Co. , Exeter, NH, ©1817, pg 66-67 Part I - General View- History 1776 - A temporary government was established in New Hampshire, to continue during the war, consisting of a house of representatives and a council of twelve, with the addition of an executive committee to act in the recess of the legislature. The number of this committee varied from six to sixteen. The president of the council was also president of the executive committee. To this office was called the Hon. Meshech Weare, a man of experience, talents, and fidelity. He was also appointed chief justice of the superior court So unbounded was the public confidence in this gentleman that no hesitation was felt to invest him at once with all authority, legislative, executive, and judicial, in which he was continued by annual elections throughout the war. For the service of this year two thousand men were raised and organized under the officers of the preceding year. Three hundred men were stationed in the forts; and supplies of fire arms and ammunitions were sent to the western parts of the state. A regiment was raised in that quarter and placed under the command of colonel Timothy Bedel, with orders to be prepared for a march to Canada. These three regiments marched with Gen. Washington to New York, thence they were ordered up the Hudson and down the lakes into Canada, under the command of Gen. Sullivan, who met at the mouth of the river Sorel the American army retreating from Quebec. Here Gen. Sullivan took the command of the whole, and finding the retreat unavoidable on account of the small pox among the New Hampshire troops; he conducted this movement with great skill and prudence. Not only the small pox but the dysentery, and putrid fever raged among our troops, and it was computed that out of the New Hampshire regiments nearly one third were carried off this year by sickness. When all apprehensions of an attack on Ticonderoga were over for the season, the surviving part of the New Hampshire troops marched by the way of the Minisinks into Pennsylvania, where they aided Gen. Washington in the glorious capture of the Hessians at Trenton, and were also with him at the victorious battle of Princeton. Submitted by T.C. Parziale 5/30/00 **************************************************************************** * * * * Notice: Printing the files within by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires permission from submitters PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. We encourage links to the state and county table of contents. * * * * The USGenWeb Project makes no claims or estimates of the validity of the information submitted and reminds you that each new piece of information must be researched and proved or disproved by weight of evidence. It is always best to consult the original material for verification.