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State of Massachusetts-Bay. In the House of Representatives, August 8, 1777. Whereas by the loss of the important fortress of Ticonderoga, a way is open to the ravages of our cruel and inveterate enemies ... Resolve, that one sixth part of the able-bodied men in the training band and alarm list, now at home ... march ... to reinforce the American army ...
Massachusetts. General Court.Date: 1777]- Books
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In Provincial Congress, Watertown, June 17th, 1775. Whereas some of the inhabitants of the new plantations in this colony, not incorporated ... have inlisted into the army now raising ... Resolved, that the inhabitants of the several towns and districts in the counties specified in a list hereunto annexed, who may have good and sufficient firelocks ... provide and deliver to such person or persons, as are to be now appointed ...
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By His Excellency William Shirley, Esq; ... A proclamation. Whereas the governments of the Massachusetts-Bay, New-York, and Connecticut, being apprehensive of the great danger to which his majesty's colonies are still exposed, by means of the encroachments of the French on his majesty's lands on this continent ... Given at Boston, the eighteenth day of February, 1756 ...
Massachusetts. Governor (1741-1757 : Shirley)Date: 1756- Books
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By the Honourable Spencer Phips, Esq; ... A proclamation. Whereas upon consideration of the great importance of the expedition now carrying on against the French fort at Crown Point, and the great necessity of having a force sufficient ... Given at the Council-chamber in Boston, the ninth day of September 1755 ...
Massachusetts. Lieutenant Governor (1732-1757 : Phips)Date: 1755- Books
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State of Massachusetts-Bay. In the House of Representatives, January 25, 1777. The perseverance of Britain in her attempts to subjugate the free states of America ... demands a vigorous perseverance in the inhabitants of these states ... For this end the supreme council of the continent ... have called for eighty-eight battalions ... and for fifteen of them from the Massachusetts-Bay ...
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