Officer History
 
  Date   Rank   Unit   Military Action   Position   Status
  11 Aug 1775   Volunteer   Continental Army       Muster Master General, Washington's Staff  
 
  5 Mar 1776   Volunteer   Continental Army       Secretary To General Washington  
 
  6 Mar 1776   Lieutenant Colonel   Continental Army       Aide-de-Camp, General Washington  
 
  5 Jun 1776   Colonel   Continental Army       Quartermaster General  
 
  Sep 1776   Colonel   Continental Army       Quartermaster General   Resigned
 
  Sep 1776   Volunteer   Continental Army       Aide-de-Camp, General Washington  
 
  3 Jan 1777   Volunteer   Continental Army   Princeton   Aide-de-Camp, General Washington  
 
  8 Jan 1777   Colonel   4th Continental Light Dragoons        
 
  Mar - Nov 1777   Colonel   4th Continental Light Dragoons   New Jersey Campaign, 1777    
 
  10-23 Aug 1777   Colonel   4th Continental Light Dragoons   Neshaminy Encampment    
 
  25 Aug 1777   Colonel   4th Continental Light Dragoons   Head of Elk    
 
  11 Sep 1777   Colonel   4th Continental Light Dragoons   Brandywine    
 
  4 Oct 1777   Colonel   4th Continental Light Dragoons   Germantown    
 
  2 Nov - 10 Dec 1777   Colonel   4th Continental Light Dragoons   Whitemarsh Encampment    
 
  19 Dec 1777 - 19 Jun 1778   Colonel   4th Continental Light Dragoons   Valley Forge Encampment    
 
  28 Jun 1778   Colonel   4th Continental Light Dragoons   Monmouth    
 
  Nov 1778 - Apr 1779   Colonel   4th Continental Light Dragoons   Connecticut Encampment (I)    
 
  11 Jul 1779   Colonel   4th Continental Light Dragoons   Norwalk, CT    
 
  Nov 1779 - Apr 1780   Colonel   4th Continental Light Dragoons   Connecticut Encampment (II)    
 
  21 Jul 1780   Colonel   4th Continental Light Dragoons   Blockhouse - Bergen Heights    
 
  Nov 1780 - 10 Jul 1781   Colonel   4th Continental Light Dragoons   Lancaster Encampment    
 
  1 Jan 1781   Colonel   4th Legionary Corps        
 
  15 May 1781 - 14 Dec 1782   Colonel   4th Legionary Corps   Southern Campaign    
 
  6-17 Oct 1781   Colonel   4th Legionary Corps   Yorktown    
 
  Jan - Nov 1782   Colonel   4th Legionary Corps   Carolina Campaign    
 
  15 Dec 1782   Colonel   4th Legionary Corps         Retired
 
 
  Post-War Offices Held
 
  Date From   Date To   Office Name   Notes
  April 1792   May 1793   Register and Recorder, Chester County, PA  
 
  3 December 1793   13 April 1811   Commissioner of Loans, Pennsylvania  
 

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