General orders. Head quarters, Boston, August 22, 1797 : by the act of Congress, herewith published, 11836 men, including officers, are required to be detached from the militia of this commonwealth, and held in readiness to march at a moment's warning

General orders. Head quarters, Boston, August 22, 1797 : by the act of Congress, herewith published, 11836 men, including officers, are required to be detached from the militia of this commonwealth, and held in readiness to march at a moment's warning

An act authorising a detachment from the militia of the United States.|An act authorising a detachment of the militia.

[Boston] : [Printed by Young and Minns], [1797]

[4] p. ; 32 cm.

MSS L2015F40

(OCoLC)908447672

Signed on p. [2]: By order of the commander in chief, William Donnison, adjutant general.
Implements the federal mandate for the state of Massachusetts, which is required to raise a detacment of 11,836 men; details concerning the ten divisions to be formed, organization, command & preparedness for action.
"An act authorising a detachment from the militia of the United States ... Approved, June 24th, 1797. John Adams, President of the United States" (p. [3]): originally published as a broadside in Philadelphia; printed here to accompany the Massachusetts general orders implementing its call for detachment from the militia of each of the United States.
Ms. at bottom of p. [3]: "An act authorising a detachment of the militia."
In ink on p. [4]: ms. report on rasing a detachment for the Massachusetts town of Sterling, in Worcester County, signed by Col. Jacob Haskell.

Evans 32448

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