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Encouragement for the Continental Congress's plan to raise eighty-eight batallions (cf. Evans 15425) and for Massachusetts residents to enlist and fulfill their quota of fifteen battalions. "In Council- January 28- 1777. Read and concurred."--p.[2]. Imprint supplied by Evans. New-York Historical copy annotated at foot of sheet: The above was written by Deacon Aaron Skinner of Shelbur[ne] [signed] Charles M. Taintor - April 20th- AD 1850. References: Evans 15426; Ford- W.C. Broadsides- 2075; Cushing- J.D. Mass. laws- 979.
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nyhs:242451
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Broadsides -- SY1777 no.24
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Publisher: [Printed by Benjamin Edes]
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State of Massachusetts-Bay. In the House of Representatives January 26th 1777. : Ordered that the following address be printed and a copy thereof sent to each minister of the gospel within this state ... To the people of Massachusetts-Bay. Friends and countrymen! When a people within reach of the highest temporal happiness human nature is capable of are in danger of having it wrested from them ...
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1777-January-28
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1777
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1 sheet ([2] p.) ; 34 x 21 cm
