[Broadside] State of Massachusetts-Bay .... [Boston, 1777]

[BROADSIDE]

STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS-BAY. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, FEBRUARY 6, 1777. THAT THE ARMY MAY BE DULY SUPPLIED WITH SHOES, STOCKINGS AND SHIRTS …. [BOSTON: PRINTED BY BENJAMIN EDES, 1777]

Broadside (14 x 8 3/4 in.; 355 x 223 mm). Contemporary correction of one word in ink, docketed; 3 horizontal folds, some browning and wear.

A call for warm clothing for the Continental Army. Each town in Massachusetts is asked "to purchase, for the Use of the Continental Army, one seventh Part of so many good strong Pairs of Shoes and of Yarn Stockings and Shirts, as there are Male inhabitants in such Towns, from sixteen Years old and upwards."

Scarce. Evans, Ford, Cushing, and ESTC together locate seven copies.

LITERATURE:

Cushing 987; Evans 15428; Ford 2080