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New Hampshire. General Assembly An Act for the Raising and Compleating the State's Quota for the Continental Army.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03657.02 Author/Creator: New Hampshire. General Assembly Place Written: Hillsborough, New Hampshire Type: Document Date: January 12, 1781 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 50.2 cm, Width: 21.2 cm Order a Copy

This document is an Act passed in the State of New Hampshire. It is an Act for the raising and completing this state's quota of the Continental Army. This document includes a list of the districts within the scope of the Act's requests and numbers the militiamen that are to be raised from each town and county. These men, numbering 1354, were to be enlisted for a period of three years.

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