Massachusetts Assembly Printed resolutions regarding recruiting and clothing [Decimalized .01-.02]

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Collection Summary

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Collection Details

GLC#: GLC01450.602-View header record
Type: Header Record
Date: 1782
Author/Creator: Massachusetts Assembly
Title: Printed resolutions regarding recruiting and clothing [Decimalized .01-.02]
Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts
Pagination: 2 sheets

Time Period

Primary time period: American Revolution, 1763-1783

Sub-Era: The War for Independence

Subjects

Law

Government and Civics

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Collection Item

Broadside

[Printed resolution of recruitment schedule]

1 March 1782

Massachusetts House of Representatives

Broadside says that the 4,240 troops apportioned on Massachusetts was not a sufficient quota to fill out the Massachusetts Line by nearly 1,000 men. Because of casualties and this shortage, the state needs to raise another 1,500 men for three years...

GLC01450.602.01

Collection Item

Printed document

[Printed resolution on collection of clothing and blankets] [incomplete]

22 June 1781

Massachusetts House of Representatives

Asks that the selectmen of each town to collect from town inhabitants, or otherwise procure, the items listed in the resolution by 20 September 1781. The resolution calls for 8,000 shirts, 8,000 pairs of stockings, 8,000 pairs of shoes, and 4,000...

GLC01450.602.02

Massachusetts Assembly Printed resolutions regarding recruiting and clothing [Decimalized .01-.02]

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