Written a year into the American Revolution, this letter from Boston directs the recipient to report to Colonel Williams in Hatfield, Massachusetts, who had been ordered to form a company of seventy men. Homeowners who were charged with “billeting”, or housing the men, were to be paid.
Unknown. Military letter regarding men, arms, and clothing. March 25, 1777. Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, American Centuries. https://americancenturies.org/collection/l04-138/. Accessed on February 7, 2025.
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