Circular letter from a committee appointed by the officers of the Massachusetts line of the federal army, to the officers in the different states
Subtitle: Boston, (Massachusetts) February 28, 1792
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 46594
Publisher: [s.n.]
Published: 1809
Place of publication: United States
Language: eng
Subjects: Claims; History; United States. Continental Army
Notes: Concerning claims for compensation for losses sustained by the officers and soldiers during the Revolutionary War. Signed: W. Eustis [and five others].

Followed by the "Petition of the Massachusetts officers to Congress," signed by B. Lincoln, and a resolution passed "at a respectable meeting of the officers of the late American army on the 4th of July, 1792, in the city of New-York."

Dated 1792 by Bristol. However, use of the short "s" suggests a later printing date. The only known copy, held by the American Antiquarian Society, is inscribed on verso "The Honble Mr. Mathewson of the Senate of the United States. Washington. Circular letter recd. Jan. 6, 1810," and is postmarked Dec. 30.

Text in four columns; printed area measures 24.3 x 25.1 cm.

Not in Shaw & Shoemaker.

Bristol B8165

Shipton & Mooney 46594