Arrived at
Bordentown at sunrise, and were ordered to proceed to Amboy. At 2 P. M. we
marched. When near to Allentown, Capt Farmer's gun went off accidentally and
shot a soldier of his own company. Reached Allentown at 6 P. M. and encamped.
SOURCE: “Diary of
Lieutenant James McMichael,” William H. Egle, Editor, Pennsylvania
Archives, Second Series, Vol. XV: Journals and Diaries of the War of the
Revolution with Lists of Officers and Soldiers, 1775-1783, p. 196
