Keywords: Samuel Leavitt's Journal to Westpoint pages.png en Samuel Leavitt Journal to Westpoint Cover of the journal written by Stratham New Hampshire native Samuel Leavitt who served as a soldier in the Captain Daniel Jewell's Company Col Thomas Bartlett's Regiment in the New Hampshire militia during the American Revolutionary War Leavitt's Journal covers a three-month period from July 5 1780 until October 1780 during which Leavitt and his fellow New Hampshire soldiers marched to West Point and then returned to his New Hampshire home The Journal describes Leavitt's experiences as a member of the Continental Line including encounters with General George Washington Leavitt's Journal was discovered by an archivist working with files at the National Archives Image courtesy of the National Archives Washington D C Records of the United States Senate Record Group 46; National Archives and Records Administration Center for Legislative Archives National Archives http //www ourarchives wikispaces net/Samuel+Leavitt's+Journal+to+Westpoint Samuel Leavitt 1780 150px PD-old-100 Diaries New Hampshire in the 1780s American Revolutionary War Journals People of Rockingham County New Hampshire |