Order by James Warren for the General Court to write Congressional delegates about raising troops
Contributors: Hawley, Joseph, 1723-1788; Danielson, Timothy, 1733-1791; Bowdoin, James, 1726-1790; Winthrop, John, 1714-1779; Lowell, John, 1743-1802; Massachusetts. General Court; United States. Continental Congress; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
Published: 1776
Place of publication: [Boston, Mass.]
Language: eng
Format: [manuscript]
Subjects: Sources; Militia; History
Notes: Holograph, signed.

Title provided by cataloger.

Dated: In the House of Representatives, June 6, 1776.

Order that the Speaker, Major Hawley, and Col. Danielson shall join a Committee to prepare and report a letter to the delegates of the Congress on the subject of raising two battalions. Read in Council and concurred, James Bowdoin and John Winthrop joined, signed by John Lowell. The handwriting of the concurrence by the Council is that of John Lowell.

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