Warrant : Cambridge, Mass., 1775 Apr. 24.

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Warrant : Cambridge, Mass., 1775 Apr. 24.

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Empowers the recipient to enlist a company of soldiers in the Massachusetts service. Printed form with month and day (but not recipient's name) filled in by hand, signed by Dr. Joseph Warren as chairman.

1 item (1 p.) ; 17 x 19 cm.

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Massachusetts. Committee of Safety

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Warren, Joseph, 1741-1775

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Warren was President of the Massachusetts Provincial Congress; three weeks after this letter he was killed at Bunker Hill. From the description of ALS, 1775 May 25 : Watertown, to [Committee of Correspondence]. (Copley Press, J S Copley Library). WorldCat record id: 14040204 Warren was a Boston physician who in 1770 became involved with the Sons of Liberty who protested the British presence in Massachusetts. He was involved with the Committee of Correspondence and was respon...

Massachusetts. Militia

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Ten companies comprised the 12th Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Militia: five from Boston, one from North Bridgewater, one from Abington, one from Weymouth, one from Stoughton, and one from Gloucester. After organization was completed, the regiment was ordered to Fort Warren in Boston Harbor. Three months later it was sent to Harper's Ferry, Va., where it guarded the upper Potomac as part of Bank's division. From the description of Massachusetts Volunteer Militia records, 1861 [ma...