Papers, 1849-1852; (bulk 1852).

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Papers, 1849-1852; (bulk 1852).

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Reports to Massachusetts governor George Nixon Briggs and correspondence between Devereux and General Eleazar Stone containing statistics about personnel, arms, and equipment; and evaluations of the militia reforms instituted in 1849, recommendations for further improvement, and an analysis of the encampment of 1850.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Briggs, George N. (George Nixon), 1796-1861

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Governor of Massachusetts, 1844-51. From the description of Letter : Lanesboro, Mass., to an unidentified correspondent, 1835 Nov. 12. (Bryn Mawr College). WorldCat record id: 29461777 George Nixon Briggs (1796-1861) began to study law in 1813 and in 1818 was admitted to the bar. In 1824, he was elected town clerk of Lanesboro, Mass., and in 1826, was appointed chairman of the commissioners of highways of Berkshire County. In 1830, he was elected to Congress, where he served...

Stone, Eleazar.

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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...

Devereux, George H.

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Adjutant general of the Massachusetts militia; resident of Boston. From the description of Papers, 1849-1852; (bulk 1852). (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19405873 ...