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Mansfield Township, Burlington Co., yeoman, and wife Sarah to Caleb Shreeve, now of Freehold, East Jersey, yeoman, for 325 acres (1.32 km) at Mount Pleasant, said township, between John Butcher, Michael Newbold and Joseph Pancoast, being
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that two battalions of soldiers be raised for service in the
Continental Army. Israel was appointed lieutenant colonel in the second battalion, under command of Colonel
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until they reached Anse a la Graisse; a new town was demarcated and named
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at Anse a la Graisse, located in present-day Missouri.
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Israel Shreve's Distillery in Perryopolis, Pennsylvania
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The forgotten victory: The battle for New Jersey, 1780
734:"Genealogy and History of the Shreve Family From 1641"
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325:to New Jersey. On June 23, they came west from
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775:Reps, John W. New Madrid on the Mississippi,
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879:. Port Washington, New York: Kennikat Press.
902:. Greenfield, Ill: Privately Printed, 1901.
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851:. Greenfield, Ill: Privately Printed, 1901.
317:. On June 7, 1780, the British Army under
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