3rd Division Massachusetts Militia orders, 1802-1805.

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3rd Division Massachusetts Militia orders, 1802-1805.

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The folder contains several documents dated 2 March 1803 to 14 May 1805 from Captain James Farrar instructing noncommissioned officers to assemble their troops. The noncommissioned officers, Henry Durant, Josiah Nelson, and Jonathan Heald, were officers of the Troop of Cavalry, 3rd Regiment, 1st Brigade, 3rd Division of Militia of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. They were instructed to gather at a tavern at one in the afternoon to elect a captain and a lieutenant and fill other positions in the unit.

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