By the Honourable Cadwallader Colden, Esq; His Majesty's lieutenant governor, and commander in chief of the province of New-York ... To [blank] ...

By His Excellency Collonel Benjamin Fletcher captain general and governour in chief of His Majesties province of New-York, &c. A proclamation[.] : Whereas the Assembly of the province have lately raised the sum of one thousand eight hundred pounds for the encouragement of the three companys of souldiers at Albany ... Given at Fort William Henry the 4th day of June ... annoq; Domini 1697.

By the Honourable Thomas Fitch, Esq; governor of His Majesty's English colony of Connecticut, in New-England, in America. A proclamation : Whereas the General Assembly of this colony ... resolved, that all necessary provision should be made for levying, cloathing and paying five thousand men ... Given under my hand, in Hartford, the 18th day of March ... 1760.

Council-Chamber, Philadelphia, [blank] 1781 : Instructions for recruiting a corps of rifle men, to serve until the first of January next.
Published: (1781)

To the worshipful the county court of [blank.] : Gentlemen, The last General Assembly having authorised me, with the advice of Council, to raise as many additional companies of artillery and troops of cavalry as will constitute a regiment of each ...

State of New-York. Head-quarters, Poughkeepsie, July 1st, 1781. General orders : The Legislature having by law, passed at the present session, enacted, that a further levy of troops for the defence of the state ... should be immediately raised ... His Excellency the governor therefore orders that the commanding officers of the respective regiments, do forthwith proceed to the raising of these men ...

State of Connecticut. By the governor : Whereas His Most Christian Majesty ... has sent over a large fleet of capital ships ... Given under by hand at Lebanon, the first day of August, A.D. 1778.
Published: (1778)

An act to detach four hundred and eighty seven men, their officers included, out of this colony.

By the Honourable James De Lancey, Esq; His Majesty's lieutenant-governor, and commander in chief, in and over the province of New-York ... A proclamation : Whereas this government, from a due sense of the dangers impending on North-America, and a dutiful regard to His Majesty's just expectations from this his loyal colony, hath made ample provision for raising, paying and cloathing, two thousand six hundred and eighty effective men, officers included ... Given under my hand and seal at arms, at Fort-George, in the city of New-York, the twenty-fifth day of March, 1758 ...

Notice is hereby given to such persons as have received beating-orders from His Excellency Governour Shirley, to raise men for the defence of His Majesty's colonies in North-America, and have not made return of the inlistments ...
Published: (1755)

By His Excellency Coll. Benjamin Fletcher, captain general and governour in chief of His Majesties province of New-York, &c. A proclamation[.] : Whereas His Majesties companies garisons on this province are very much weakened by death, sickness and desertion, which renders the fronteers in some danger ... Given under my hand at His Majesties fort in New-York, the one and twentieth day of April ... annoq; Domini 1696.

All gentlemen volunteers, who are ready, willing, and able, to serve the cause of America in general, and of South-Carolina in particular, have now an opportunity of enlisting in the regiment of artillery at present to be raised in that province. ...
by: Grimké, John Fauchereaud, 1752-1819

At a General Assembly of the governor and Company of the state of Connecticut : holden at Hartford, by adjournment, on the 10th day of January, anno Dommini [as printed] 1782. : Resolved, by this Assembly, that there be forthwith raised for the defence of Horse-Neck ...
Published: (1783)

By the Honourable Spencer Phips, Esq; lieutenant-governour and commander in chief ... : To [blank] Esq; [blank] Greeting. Whereas by a late act of assembly, now in force, eighteen hundred men, inclusive of officers, are to be raised out of the several regiments in this province by inlistment or impress ... Given under my hand and seal at arms at Boston, the twenty-first day of February 1757 ...

State of Connecticut. By the captain-general : Whereas His Excellency General Washington has ... Given under my hand in Lebanon, in this state, the ninth day of October, A.D. 1779.
Published: (1779)

At a meeting of the governor and Council of Safety, holden at Hartford, on the 19th day of June A.D. 1781 : Whereas ... His Excellency the governor hath received from His Excellency General Washington, a very pressing and earnest requistion for eight hundred men ... Therefore resolved, by the governor and Council of Safety, that there be forthwith raised in this state, eight hundred able bodied effective men ...

At a meeting of the governor and Council of Safety, holden at Hartford, 30th June, A.D. 1780 : Whereas the General Assembly in May last resolved, that fifteen hundred men should be raised to join the Connecticut battalions in the Continental Army ... Therefore resolved, that only fifteen hundred and twenty able-bodied effective men, rank and file, be raised ...

At a General Assembly of the governor and Company of the colony of Connecticut : holden at Hartford, (by special order of the governor of said colony) on the 26th day of April, annoque Domini, 1775. : Whereas the General Assembly of this colony have ordered ... that one fourth part of the militia of said colony should be forthwith enlisted ... It is resolved by this Assembly, that each inlisted inhabitant ... shall be entitled to a premium of fifty-two shillings ...
Published: (1775)

By the Honourable Thomas Fitch, Esq; governor and commander in chief of His Majesty's English colony of Connecticut, in New-England, in America. A proclamation : ... I ... do hereby publish and make known, that every able-bodied effective man that shall voluntarily inlist in either of the regiments ... shall be entitled to receive four pounds ... Given under my hand, in New-Haven this twenty-fifth day of March ...

At a General Assembly of the governor and Company of His Majesty's English colony of Connecticut, in New-England, in America : holden at Hartford, (by special order of His Honour the governor) on the eighth day of March, 1759. : An act, for the speedy completing the levies ordered to be raised in this colony, for the ensuing campaign.

Province of the Massachusetts-Bay, By His Excellency the governor, to [blank] : I do hereby authorize and impower you to beat your drums any where within this province, for inlisting able-bodied effective persons ... in the ensuing campaign against the French enemy, for the total reduction of Canada. ... Given under my hand, and seal, at Boston, this [blank] day of [blank] 1760.

Province of Massachusetts-Bay. By His Excellency the governor. To [blank] : I do hereby authorize you by beat of drum or otherwise, to inlist such able-bodied men as shall be willing to serve his majesty in any of three regiments ... Given under my hand and seal at Boston this [blank] day of [blank] 1761.

State of Massachusetts-Bay. In the House of Representatives, June 22, 1780 : Whereas the commander in chief of the Continental Army has earnestly requested a detachment ... Resolved, that there be immediately, four thousand seven hundred and twenty-six men raised or detached from the militia within the several towns and plantations in this state ... agreeable to the schedule herewith annexed ...

State of Massachusetts-Bay. In the House of Representatives, April 16, 1779 : Resolved, that one regiment of light infantry be raised for the defence and security of this and the other New-England states ...
Published: (1779)

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. In the House of Representatives, June 16, 1781 : Whereas it is of great consequence that provision be made for the defence and security of Rhode-Island ... resolved, that five hundred men be immediately raised in this commonwealth ...

Postscript to the Pennsylvania Packet : State of Pennsylvania. In General Assembly, Thursday, June 14, 1781. Ordered, that the bill for recruiting the Pennsylvania Line of the Foederal Army, be printed for public consideration.

By the Honourable George Thomas, Esq; lieutenant governor ... of Pennsylvania ... A proclamation : His grace the Duke of Newcastle, one of his majesty's principal secretaries of state, having, by his letter of the 9th of April last, signified ... that his majesty has been pleased to order a considerable body of his troops from England ... Given under my hand, and the great seal of the province of Pennsylvania, at Philadelphia, this ninth day of June ... one thousand seven hundred and forty-six. ...

At a General Assembly of the governor and Company of the state of Connecticut : holden at Hartford in said state, on the second Thursday of October, anno. Dom. 1779. : An act for raising and equipping four thousand of the militia, to aid the army under the command of General Washington.

State of Massachusetts-Bay. In the House of Representatives, June 23, 1780 : Whereas the troops of the southern states will now be needed for the defence of that quarter, and by reason of the late advantages obtained by the enemy, we are compelled to call for a further supply of men, to fill up our battalions ... as well as a detachment of militia ...

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. In the House of Representatives, June 30, 1781 : Whereas it is the earnest request of General Washington, that there be immediately raised in this commonwealth and sent on to join the Continental Army, a considerable body of the militia ... Resolved, that twenty-seven hundred men be immediately raised ... porportioned upon the several towns ... agreeable to the following schedule ...

State of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations. In General Assembly, July session, 1781 : Whereas the Council of War, on the sixteenth day of June last, did pass a resolve for relieving the militia of this state; and on the twenty-sixth of the same month did pass another resolve for preventing future delinquency ...

Province of the Massachusetts-Bay, By His Excellency Thomas Pownall, Esq; captain-general and governor in chief, &c. &c. &c : To [blank] colonel of a regiment of militia in the county of [blank] Greeting. In his majesty's name you are hereby required, without loss of time, to use your utmost endeavours that [blank] able-bodied effective men be inlisted out of said regiment, for his majesty's service in the intended expedition against Canada ... Given under my hand and seal at arms at Boston, this sixteenth day of March, A.D. 1759 ...

At a General Assembly of the governor and Company of the state of Connecticut : holden at Hartford, by adjournment, on the 12th day of February, A.D. 1778. : An act for raising two brigades for the defence of this state.
Published: (1778)

By the Honourable James Hamilton, Esq; lieutenant-governor, and commander in chief of the province of Pennsylvania, and the counties of New-Castle, Kent and Sussex, on Delaware, a proclamation : Whereas by an act of Assembly ... it is provided, that there shall be forthwith raised three hundred effective men ... Given under my hand, and the great seal of the said province, at Philadelphia, this seventeenth day of March ... one thousand seven hundred and sixty-one.

An act passed by the General Assembly of the colony of New York, in July, 1711. being the tenth year of Her Majesty's reign.

Return of the men inlisted or impressed for His Majesty's service within the province of the Massachusetts-Bay : in the regiment whereof [blank] Esq; is colonel, to be put under the immediate command of His Excellency Jeffry Amherst, Esq; general and commander in chief of His Majesty's forces in North-America, for the invasion of Canada.
Published: (1759)

In the House of Representatives, July 10th, 1776 : Whereas the Honorable the American Congress have lately made upon the colony of the Massachusetts-Bay a most urgent requisition for a further reinforcement by two regiments of its militia, to support our army in the northern or Canada department ...