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

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Creator / Contributor: Massachusetts. State Train of Artillery
Crafts, Thomas
Powars, Edward Eveleth
Willis, Nathaniel, 1755-1831
Title: To all gentlemen volunteers, who prefer liberty to slavery, and are hearty friends to the grand American cause …, recto
Collection Title: Revolutionary Era broadsides, 1775-1783
Place: [Boston, Mass.]
Publisher: [Printed by Powars and Willis?]
Date: 1777-12-19
[1777]
Physical Description: 1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 23 x 18 cm
Description: 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.
Identifier: Broadsides -- SY1776 no.61
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Subject: Bounties, Military--Massachusetts
Recruiting and enlistment
Subject corporate name: Massachusetts. State Train of Artillery
Subject geographic name: Massachusetts--History--Revolution, 1775-1783
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--American forces
Massachusetts--History, Military
Material type or medium of original: broadsides (notices)
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