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in Congress, the 20th day of September, one thousand, seven hundred, and seventy-six, shall be, and they are hereby repealed, and that the four following articles be substituted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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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 Provincial Congress, New-York, May 31, 1776: Whereas the present government of this colony by Congress and committees ... and whereas the Continental Congress did resolve
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New York (Colony) ; Provincial Congress. ; United States ; Continental Congress. ; Benson, Robert ; 1739-1823 ; Holt, John ; 1721-1784
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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
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In Congress, Wednesday, April 3, 1776: Instructions to the commanders of private ships or vessels of war, which shall have commissions or letters of marque and reprisal, authorising them to make captures of British vessels and cargoes
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United States ; Continental Congress. ; Hancock, John ; 1737-1793
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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
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Council of Safety (Conn.) ; Hudson, Barzillai ; 1741-1823 ; Goodwin, George ; 1757-1844 ; Connecticut ; Governor (1769-1784 : Trumbull).
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State of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations: At a meeting of the committee appointed to act during the recess of the General-Assembly, held at the Court House in Newport, on the twelfth day of September, A.D. 1776. Resolved that, to raise the battalion of militia now ordered
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Rhode Island ; General Assembly. ; Carter, John ; 1745-1814 ; Ward, Henry ; 1732-1797
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Committee chamber, New-York, January 10, 1776: Whereas the business of this committee has been much impeded by reason of the absence of many members ... the freemen and freeholders of this city and county, are hereby requested to attend at the City-Hall ... in order to reduce the said quorum ; Committee chamber, New York, January 10, 1776
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General Committee for the City and County of New-York ; Low, Cornelius P. ; Holt, John ; 1721-1784 ; McKesson, John ; 1734-1798
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By His Excellency Thomas Jefferson, Esq; governour of the Commonwealth of Virginia: A proclamation: Whereas during the incursions which have been made into this and others of the United States, by the forces of His Britannic Majesty, a practice hath been introduced by them unauthorised by the law of nations and unattempted in any other age or by any other enemy ... Given under my hand and the seal of the Commonwealth at Richmond, this nineteenth day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty one, and of the Commonwealth the fifth
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Virginia ; Governor (1779-1781 : Jefferson). ; Jefferson, Thomas ; 1743-1826
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Head-quarters, New-York, April, 8th 1776: The general, informs the inhabitants, that it is become absolutely necessary, that all communication, between the ministerial fleet and shore, should be immediately stopped ... Capt. James Alner is appointed inspector
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United States ; Continental Army. ; Alner, James. ; Putnam, Israel ; 1718-1790
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Copies of two bills presented and read in the House of Commons, on the 19th of February last
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Great Britain ; Parliament. ; House of Commons. ; Rivington, James ; 1724-1802
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Resolves of the Honourable Continental Congress: (Published by order of the General Committee, for the city and county of Albany.) ; Tory act
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United States ; Continental Congress. ; Thomson, Charles ; 1729-1824
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In Committee of Safety for the state of New-York. Kingston, March 1, 1777: Resolved, that the several towns, precincts, manors and districts in each county in this state proceed to the election of supervisors, assessors and collectors
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New York (State) ; Committee of Safety. ; Benson, Robert ; 1739-1823 ; Loudon, Samuel ; 1727?-1813
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State of Massachusetts-Bay. In the House of Representatives, February 6, 1777: Whereas there may be, in some instances, an omission, to renew the appointment of committees of correspondence, inspection and safety
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Massachusetts ; General Court. ; Edes, Benjamin ; 1732-1803
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The treasurer takes this method to inform the public, that in pursuance of advice received from the governor and sundry members of Council and Assembly, he shall, by himself or assistant, make a tour through the counties of Windham, Windsor and Orange, for a settlement with the respective collectors of state taxes
State of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations. In General Assembly, December session, A.D. 1783: Whereas the most honorable the Congress of the United States ... did resolve, that one million two hundred thousand dollars be raised by the several states, and applied towards paying the interest due on certificates issued from the loan-office ... Be it therefore enacted ... that the keeper of the continental loan-office in this state ... consolidate all the loan-office certificates ... and certify the value of each
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Rhode Island ; Carter, John ; 1745-1814
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Proclamation. Whereas it hath pleased Almighty God the Father of all mercies: It is therefore recommended to the several states to set apart Thursday the seventh day of December next to be observed as a day of public thanksgiving and prayer ... Done in Congress, this eighteenth day of October, 1780
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United States ; Continental Congress. ; Connecticut ; Governor (1769-1784 : Trumbull) ; Trumbull, Jonathan ; 1710-1785
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State of Connecticut, in America. To [blank] constable of [blank] and collector of the state tax for said town, for the year 1780, greeting: Whereas the General Assembly of this state, in May, 1780, granted a rate or tax of six pence on the pound
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Connecticut ; Treasury Dept. ; Lawrence, John ; 1719-1802 ; Baldwin, David
