In Council. Philadelphia, July 31, 1777: Sir, I wrote to you on the 28th instant, and ordered [blank] class of the militia of your county to be immediately marched to Chester
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Pennsylvania ; Council of Safety. ; Wharton, Thomas ; 1735-1778
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Gentlemen, Although a certain day is fixed for the session of Congress, which we beg leave to remind you is the first of February; and although we have no prospect of necessity of calling the Congress sooner, yet we have abundant reason to request that the meeting may be as full as possible on that day
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New York (State) ; Committee of Safety. ; Van Cortlandt, Pierre ; 1721-1814
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In Congress, April 23, 1778: Whereas persuasion and influence, the example of the deluded or wicked, the fear of danger, or the calamities of war, may have induced some of the subjects of these states to join, aid or abet the British forces in America
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United States ; Continental Congress. ; Hall, David ; 1755-1821 ; Hall, William ; 1752-1834 ; Sellers, William ; 1725?-1804 ; McKesson, John ; 1734-1798
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A Declaration, or Ordinance, of the Convention of the State of New-York, passed May 10, 1777, offering free pardon to such of the subjects of the said State, as, having committed treasonable acts against the same, shall return to their allegiance. Whereas divers of the subjects of this State, have been seduced from their allegiance to the same, by the arts of subtle and wicked emissaries from the enemy ... Extract from the minutes. Robert Benson, Sec'ry
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New York (State) ; Convention of the Representatives ; (1776-1777) ; Loudon, Samuel ; 1727?-1813
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts. In Senate, February 26, 1781: Whereas it is of the utmost importance that the quota of men required by a resolve of the 2d of December last, be speedily compleated; and as the mode of classing has been more successful in procuring the men than any other measure: therefore, resolved, that the assessors of every deficient town ... where the mode of classing has not been adopted, be, and they hereby are authorized and directed immediately upon the receipt hereof, to class their inhabitants
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Massachusetts ; General Court. ; Edes, Benjamin ; 1732-1803 ; Edes, Benjamin ; 1755-1801 ; Edes, Peter ; 1756-1840
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At a General Assembly of the governor and company of the state of Connecticut, holden at Hartford, on the second Thursday of May, 1779: Resolved, that, Mr. Elijah Hubbard be and he is hereby appointed a sub or state cloathier for this state, to reside with, or near the army ... to receive and distribute the cloathing that shall be furnished for the troops of the Connecticut line, in the Continental Army
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Connecticut ; General Assembly. ; Hudson, Barzillai ; 1741-1823 ; Goodwin, George ; 1757-1844
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State of Massachusetts-Bay. In the House of Representatives, April 30th, 1777: Whereas this court have undoubted intelligence that our enemies are determined ... to enslave the inhabitants of America ... Resolved, that in such towns ... as have not already ... inlisted a number of able-bodied men ... shall on the said 15th day of May, call their several companies together, and endeavour to compleat the same
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Massachusetts ; General Court. ; Edes, Benjamin ; 1732-1803
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By the Honorable Jonathan Trumbull, Esquire, captain-general, and commander in chief of the state of Connecticut, in America. A proclamation: Whereas the Honorable Continental Congress have resolved that eight battalions of troops be raised ... each non-commissioned officer and soldier, inhabitants of this state, who shall inlist himself ... shall be entitled to have and receive, not only the bounty, wages and allowances, offered by Congress ... but also all such further encouragements as are offered and granted by the General Assembly of this state ... Given under my hand in New-Haven, the sixth day of November, anno Domini, 1776
State of Massachusetts-Bay. In the House of Representatives, January 26th, 1777: Ordered, that the following address be printed, and a copy thereof sent to each minister of the gospel within this state ... To the people of Massachusetts-Bay. Friends and countrymen! When a people within reach of the highest temporal happiness human nature is capable of, are in danger of having it wrested from them ; To the people of Massachusetts-Bay
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Massachusetts ; General Court. ; Edes, Benjamin ; 1732-1803 ; Skinner, Aaron. ; Taintor, Charles M. (Charles Micaiell) ; b. 1817
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Proposals made to the non-commissioned officers and soldiers of the Pennsylvania Line, at Trenton, January 7, 1781: His Excellency Joseph Reed, Esquire, President, and the Honourable Brigadier-General Potter, of the Council of Pennsylvania, having heard the complaints of the soldiers ... are fully authorized to redress reasonable grievances
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Pennsylvania ; Supreme Executive Council. ; Reed, Joseph ; 1741-1785 ; Potter, James ; 1729-1789
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In the House of Representatives, November 1, 1776: Ordered, that the following address from the General Court of this state, to the officers and private soldiers who are gone from thence and are serving in the American army, be printed in two thousand hand-bills
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Massachusetts ; General Court. ; Bowdoin, James ; 1726-1790 ; Edes, Benjamin ; 1732-1803
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In Provincial Congress, New-York, June 13, 1776: Whereas this Congress have been informed by the Continental Congress, and have great reason to believe that an invasion of this colony will very shortly be made. Resolved unanimously, that it be, and it is hereby recommended to all the officers in the militia in this colony, forthwith to review the same, and give orders that they prepare themselves
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New York (Colony) ; Provincial Congress. ; Benson, Robert ; 1739-1823 ; Holt, John ; 1721-1784
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At a General Assembly of the governor and Company of the state of Connecticut: holden at Hartford, by adjournment, on the 2d Thursday of January, A.D. 1778
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Connecticut ; General Assembly. ; Wyllys, George ; 1710-1796
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At a General Assembly of the governor and company of the state of Connecticut, holden at Hartford, on thesecond [sic] Thursday of May, 1781: An act, in further addition to an act, intitled, "An act for filling up this state's quota of the Continental Army." ; Act, in further addition to an act, intitled, "An act for filling up this state's quota of the Continental Army" ; At a General Assembly of the governor and company of the state of Connecticut, holden at Hartford, on the second Thursday of May, 1781 ; Act, in further addition to an act
To [blank] captain, or to the chief officer of the [blank] company in the [blank] regiment in this colony. Greeting: In pursuance of the direction of an act of the General Assembly, passed in December 1775, you are hereby ordered, first giving proper notice, to call together the company or train band under your command, and view and examine their arms and ammunition ... Given under my hand at [blank] the [blank] day of [blank] A.D. 177[blank]
Head quarters, Peeks-kill, general orders for the army under the command of Brigadier General M'Dougall: The rank and file of each company will be equally divided among the serjeants
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United States ; Continental Army. ; Loudon, Samuel ; 1727?-1813
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In Congress, April 14, 1777: Resolved, that from and after the publication hereof, the second article of the 8th section, the first article of the 11th section, the 8th article of the 14th section, and the 2d article of the 18th section, of the Rules and articles for the better government of the troops ... passed in Congress, the 20th day of September, one thousand, seven hundred, and seventy-six, shall be, and they are hereby repealed, and that the four following articles be substituted
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United States ; Continental Congress. ; United States ; Continental Congress ; Dunlap, John ; 1747-1812
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By the Honorable Major-General Putnam, commander of the forces of the United American States, at and near the White-Plains. A proclamation: Whereas some soldiers of the Continental Army ... have been led to desert their country's service ... Given under my hand at head-quarters, this 17th of November ... 1777
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United States ; Continental Army. ; Putnam, Israel ; 1718-1790 ; Loudon, Samuel ; 1727?-1813
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In Convention of the Representatives of the State of New-York, Kingston, April 1, 1777: Whereas from the want of courts properly instituted for the trial of treasons, and other offenses against this state ... resolved, that all such persons as have been, or shall be apprehended, in this state, without the enemy's lines, by Continental or other American troops, as spies for the enemy, or for inlisting men into their service, or for furnishing supplies or intelligence to them, be tried for the said offences by martial law
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New York (State) ; Convention of the Representatives ; (1776-1777) ; Loudon, Samuel ; 1727?-1813
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In Committee of Safety, for the state of New-York. Fish-Kills, Oct. 9, 1776: Resolved, that the persons hereafter mentioned, be appointed to purchase at the cheapest rate, in their several counties, all the coarse woollen cloth, linsey-woolsey, blankets
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New York (State) ; Committee of Safety. ; Benson, Robert ; 1739-1823 ; Loudon, Samuel ; 1727?-1813
