Gilbert, Thomas, 1723-1788 [Instructions to Moses Hitchcock on arranging a Brookfield, Massachusetts town meeting]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01450.447.02 Author/Creator: Gilbert, Thomas, 1723-1788 Place Written: Brookfield, Massachusetts Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 16 September 1776 Pagination: 1 p. : address Height: 34.5 cm, Width: 23 cm Order a Copy
Signed by the eight Select Men of Brookfield (two names illegible). Orders Hitchcock, as constable of Brookfield, to inform all the town's freeholders and those qualified to vote to meet on 30 September 1776. Provides instructions on the agenda, which will include Revolutionary War financing, the town budget, preparations for the small pox epidemic, taxation, and arms manufacturing. A note signed Hitchcock on the verso indicates his compliance.
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