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 Massachusetts-Bay. In the House of Representatives, February 3, 1778: Notwithstanding repeated orders ... to make returns of all the male inhabitants ... above the age of sixteen years; and ... all the men inlisted into the Continental Army ... Resolved that ... said committees ... make immediate returns
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Massachusetts ; General Court. ; Powars, Edward Eveleth ; Willis, Nathaniel ; 1755-1831
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State of New-York, an act for completing the five Continental battalions, raised under the direction of this state ; Act for completing the five Continental battalions, raised under the direction of this state ; Act for completing the five Continental battalions
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New York (State) ; Holt, John ; 1721-1784
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State of New-York. Head-quarters, Poughkeepsie, July 1st, 1781. General orders: The Legislature having by law, passed at the present session, enacted, that a further levy of troops for the defence of the state ... should be immediately raised ... His Excellency the governor therefore orders that the commanding officers of the respective regiments, do forthwith proceed to the raising of these men
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New York (State) ; Governor (1777-1795 : Clinton). ; Clinton, George ; 1739-1812 ; Holt, John ; 1721-1784 ; Benson, Robert ; 1739-1823
