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Revolutionary Era broadsides, 1775-1783
New York (Colony). Provincial Congress Blackwell, Jacob. McKesson, John, 1734-1798 Holt, John, 1721-1784 L. V. G.
State of the four regiments raised in the colony of New-York, for the Continental service, and the order of their rank [copy 2]
[New York, N.Y.]
[Printed by John Holt]
1775-08-04 [1775]
1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 51 x 39 cm
Followed by the report of the committee appointed by the Provincial Congress to determine the ranks of the captains and inferior officers of the regiments. Signed and dated: By order of the committee, Jacob Blackwell, chairman. Attest. John M’Kesson, clerk. New-York, August 4, 1775. Two states noted. A: with M’Kesson’s and Blackwell’s names printed; B: with the names and offices not printed. Ascribed to the press of John Holt by Evans. New-York Historical copy 1 state A; copy 2 state B, with M’Kesson’s and Blackwell’s signatures in manuscript. Watermark (New-York Historical copy 2): posthorn in shield over "LVG"; crown over "GR". References: Evans 14307.
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