1791 · [Boston
by Massachusetts
[Boston: Thomas Adams, 1791. Broadside, 8" x 12-3/4." Some foxing. Left edge has a couple of shallow chips. Old horizontal folds. Docketed in manuscript on verso: "Captn Reuben Barton | Sutton." Good+.
The broadside is signed at the end in type, "By order of the Commander in Chief, WILLIAM DONNISON, Adjutant-General." A veteran of the Revolutionary War, Donnison had been Governor Hancock's aide before his 1788 appointment as Adjutant General. He was also the longtime Inspector General of Massachusetts, 1788-1813.
The broadside requires "that all the Regiments and Corps will be annually assembled and reviewed." Officers "will require a punctual compliance with the Laws and Orders," and "encourage a cheerful acquiescence in the execution of them."
The Orders emphasize "the importance of a well regulated Militia, which is the only natural defence of a free Republic."
Evans 23552. Ford 2627. ESTC W10190. AAS owns a copy, but OCLC notes only facsimiles as of March 2024. (Inventory #: 39862)
The broadside is signed at the end in type, "By order of the Commander in Chief, WILLIAM DONNISON, Adjutant-General." A veteran of the Revolutionary War, Donnison had been Governor Hancock's aide before his 1788 appointment as Adjutant General. He was also the longtime Inspector General of Massachusetts, 1788-1813.
The broadside requires "that all the Regiments and Corps will be annually assembled and reviewed." Officers "will require a punctual compliance with the Laws and Orders," and "encourage a cheerful acquiescence in the execution of them."
The Orders emphasize "the importance of a well regulated Militia, which is the only natural defence of a free Republic."
Evans 23552. Ford 2627. ESTC W10190. AAS owns a copy, but OCLC notes only facsimiles as of March 2024. (Inventory #: 39862)