At a meeting of the governor and Council of Safety, holden at Hartford, on the 19th day of June A.D. 1781. : Whereas ... His Excellency the governor hath received from His Excellency General Washington, a very pressing and earnest requisition for eight hundred men ... Therefore resolved, by the governor and Council of Safety, that there be forthwith raised in this state, eight hundred able bodied effective men ..., recto

Revolutionary Era broadsides, 1775-1783

Hartford [Conn.]

Printed by Hudson & Goodwin

1781-06-19
[1781]

1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 33 x 20 cm

Signed: Extract from the minutes, test, Benjamin Payne, clerk. New-York Historical copy: inscription and manuscript annotations on verso. References: Bristol B5252; Shipton & Mooney 43955.

Broadsides -- SY1781 no.15
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Recruiting and enlistment

United States. Continental Army--Recruiting, enlistment, etc.
Connecticut. Militia--Recruiting, enlistment, etc.

Connecticut--History, Military

broadsides (notices)

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