[4 affidavits, Boston, 6 Sept. 1777 certifying legitimacy of enlistments into Col. Henry Sherburne's additional Continental Regiment]

[4 affidavits, Boston, 6 Sept. 1777 certifying legitimacy of enlistments into Col. Henry Sherburne's additional Continental Regiment]

1777

[2] leaves ; 31 cm.

MSS L1995F128

All 4 concern soldiers who received enlistment bounties of 70 pounds from towns other than their hometowns, the latter having met their individual enlistment quotas.
Documents may have been created to control bounty jumping -- i.e. enlisting in one town, deserting, and enlisting in another.
Four items on 1 sheet (2 leaves)
Provenance: Leighton family papers -- see case file
Watermark: Crown; countermark: P.E.

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