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Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register 2 2 Browse Search
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The Daily Dispatch: may 2, 1861., [Electronic resource], Hessians Committing suicide. (search)
me down from Revolutionary times. On one side is printed the following: [State of Massachusetts.] In the House of Representatives, May 6, 1777. Resolved, That all such men as may enlist as noncommissioned officers and private soldiers into the Continental regiments to be commanded by Colonels Lee and Jackson, shall be considered as part of the proportion of each town for which they shall so in list. Sent up for concurrence. J. Warren, Speaker. In Council, May 8, 1777. Read and concurred. John Avery, Dep. Sec'y Consented to by the major part of the Council. A true copy. (Attest,) John Avery, Dep Sec'y. On the other is a manuscript letter, still distinct and legible, written in a bold and manly hand: Sunbury, May 18, 1777. Col. Jackson-- Sir: --I have been through five or six different towns, and have seen the committees and militia officers, who informed me that the men who were drafted chose rather