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EJMP.775.061
18 Aug 1775:21 (2/85)
Philadelphia. In Congress, July 18, 1775. Resolved. That
it be recommended to the inhabitants of all the united
English Colonies in North America, that all able bodied
effective men, between sixteen and fifty years of age in
each colony, immediately form themselves into regular
companies of militia, to consist of one captain, two
lieutenants, one ensign, four serjeants, four corporals, one
clerk, one drummer, one fifer, and about sixty-eight
privates. [74 lines, signed] Charles Thompson, Secretary.
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