Diary of Reverend Enos Hitchcock, June 14, 1777

The Regiment past muster—visited the Hospital at Mount Independence, the new Hospital about one third covered—250 long & 24 wide—warm and pleasant—

SOURCE: Amos Perry, The Town Records of Rhode Island, Publications of the Rhode Island Historical Society, New Series, Vol. 7 (1899), p. 113

Diary of William Pynchon, January 27, 1776

The militia was mustered for enlisting of men for the Provincial army, but not one enlisted. Very cold day.

SOURCE: Fitch Edward Oliver, Editor, The Diary of William Pynchon of Salem, p. 3