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To all gentlemen volunteers, who prefer liberty to slavery, and are hearty friends to the grand American cause
Massachusetts State Train of Artillery. Crafts, Thomas. Powars, Edward Eveleth Willis, Nathaniel 1755-1831
Bristol, Shipton & Mooney,
1777] 1777
Revolution, 1775-1783
Bounties, MilitaryRecruiting and enlistmentHistoryAmerican forcesHistory, Military
MassachusettsUnited States
government publication Broadsides.
Boston, Mass
Printed by Powars and Willis?
1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 23 x 18 cm.
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. N-YHS copy: inscription on recto: Golden-ball on Taunton green. Thos. Greenleaf, recruiting officer; manuscript annotations in the text; mounted on paper backing.