42. 1ST N.Y. CONTINENTAL REGIMENT MUSTER ROLL Excellent, and quite rare Revolutionary War muster roll, 1p. 16" x 21", Feb. 20, 1783, headed: "Roll and Muster of the 8th Company of foot in the first New York Regiment, commanded by Colonel Goose van Schaick". The roll lists Captain JOHN C. TEN BROECK, a member of a very prominent New York family, who boldly signs adding rank at bottom, along with two other officers, including Adam Ten Broeck, five sergeants, a drummer, fifer, and 45 privates. Mounted, with some old fixative show-through at center horizontal seam, an old descriptive label at lower-right, else very good. Col. Goose van Schaick started his military career in 1756, when the twenty-year-old was appointed a lieutenant in the expedition against Crown Point. In 1758, he was promoted to captain and took part in the actions against Fort Frontenac and Fort Niagara. In 1762, he became lieutenant-colonel of the First New York Regiment. In the assault on Ticonderoga in 1758, he had received a severe wound on the cheek from a French musket ball that left him with an infection that marred his appearance, turned malignant, and from which he ultimately died. In 1778, the First New York marched to Valley Forge, took part in the Battle of Monmouth (New Jersey), was deployed in the lower Hudson Valley, and against the Iroquois in the upper Mohawk Valley. By 1780, the regiment had returned to Albany where the Van Schaick focused on recruiting and supply -- serving as the Continental army administrator for the Northern Department. $1,500-2,000