AMERICAN REVOLUTION, CONTINENTAL ARMY BROADSIDE
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A broadside 1p, 1781, At a General Assembly of the Governor and Company of the state of Connecticut, holden at Hartford, on the second 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, signed: A true copy of record, examin?d by George Wyllys, secretary. Excellent content regarding the need to enlist more soldiers. Text, in part: "At a General Assembly of the Governor and Company of the State of Connecticut...An Act...intitled 'An Act for filling up this State's Quota of the Continental Army.' Be it enacted by the Governor...That the several towns within this State, who have not yet obtained their full compliment of Recruits for the Continental Army...do proceed in manner as is directed...to procure the number of such recruits...the commanding officers...in such deficient towns...are hereby directed...to detach peremptorily...as many able bodied effective men as such town be deficient...muster said detached men...appoint a place of rendezvous...give the necessary orders for marching...to the army...if any person so detached...voluntarily inlist...he shall be entitled to receive...a bounty or premium...six pounds in gold or silver." Evans 17121
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Previously bound and trimmed with light foxing spots. h. 10", w. 7"
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AMERICAN REVOLUTION, CONTINENTAL ARMY BROADSIDE
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