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Letter from the Committee at Marblehead to the General Court of Massachusetts

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Marblehead, February 5, 1776.

MAT IT PLEASE YOUR HONOUR: The subscribers, in conformity to the resolves of the General Court, handed us for the inlistment of ninety-one men out of this town, beg leave to acquaint your Honours we have made use of our utmost exertions to effect the same, but to no purpose, as the men were almost all before engaged in the service.

We are your Honours' humble servants,

JOSHUA ORNE, JOSEPH HOMAN, STEPHEN PHLLIPS, EDWARD FETTYPLACE, WILLIAM KNIGHT, WILLIAM DOLIVER,

To the Honourable Council and House of Representatives for the Colony of the Massachusetts-Bay.

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Title: Letter from the Committee at Marblehead to the General Court of Massachusetts: They cannot raise the Men required of them
Creator: Massachusetts, Marblehead Committee of Correspondence
Editor: Massachusetts, Marblehead Committee of Correspondence
Resource Type: text
Genre/Form: documents (object genre)
Date Created: 1776-02-05
Recipient: Massachusetts, General Court
Subject: Military action: logistics, provisioning, and recruitment
Document ID: S4-V4-P01-sp24-D0034
Series: S4
Volume: S4-V4
Part: S4-V4-P01
Sub-Part: S4-V4-P01-sp24
Usage Conditions: This work is in the Public Domain, and as such is not subject to copyright restrictions. Users are free to copy, use, and redistribute it in whole or in part without permission.
Rights Statement: No Copyright - Public Domain

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