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New Hampshire. General Assembly An Act in addition to, and alteration of an Act passed the twelth day of January one thousand seven hundred and eighty-one, entitled An Act for Raising and Compleating the State's Quota for the Continental Army.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03657.03 Author/Creator: New Hampshire. General Assembly Place Written: Hillsborough, New Hampshire Type: Document Date: 14 April 1781 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 39.5 cm, Width: 26.2 cm Order a Copy

This document accompanying an Act passed in the State of New Hampshire. It is an alteration to an Act for the raising and completing this state's quota of the Continental Army. It allows towns and counties to muster men for their quotas in whatever manner they feel is most expedient. It creates a committee to oversee this process.

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