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To all gentlemen volunteers, who prefer liberty to slavery, and are hearty friends to the grand American cause …, recto

Encouragement for volunteers to enlist in the Massachusetts State Train of Artillery, commanded by Col. Thomas Crafts. Text appeared as advertisement in the December 19, 1777, and subsequent issues of the Independent chronicle, published by Powars and Willis. Not in Ford, W.C. Broadsides. New-York Historical copy: inscription on recto: Golden-ball on Taunton green. Thos. Greenleaf, recruiting officer; manuscript annotations in the text; mounted on paper backing. References: Bristol, B4607; Shipton & Mooney, 43288.

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Encouragement for volunteers to enlist in the Massachusetts State Train of Artillery, commanded by Col. Thomas Crafts. Text appeared as advertisement in the December 19, 1777, and subsequent issues of the Independent chronicle, published by Powars and Willis. Not in Ford, W.C. Broadsides. New-York Historical copy: inscription on recto: Golden-ball on Taunton green. Thos. Greenleaf, recruiting officer; manuscript annotations in the text; mounted on paper backing. References: Bristol, B4607; Shipton & Mooney, 43288.
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nyhs:242435
NYHS Identifier
Broadsides -- SY1776 no.61
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To all gentlemen volunteers, who prefer liberty to slavery, and are hearty friends to the grand American cause …, recto
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Date Created
1777-December-19
Date Issued
1777
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1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 23 x 18 cm
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