1777 MASSACHUSETTS REVOLUTIONARY WAR BROADSIDE - TEAMS OF HORSES FOR THE ARMY
Item History & Price
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This rare American Revolutionary War broadside from 1777 starts:
"State of MASSACHUSETTS-BAY In the House of Representatives, February 5, 1777.
RESOLVED. That when any Wagon-Master shall be called upon, by the Council of the Board of War. to procure Teams for the service for this or any of the United States, and he shall not be able timely to obtain a sufficient Number, at the Rate established by Law, he shall apply to the Committees of Correspondence of any Town who are he...reby directed and impowered to procure the their respective Towns , excepting Sea-Port Towns, by impressment or otherwise the number of teams wanted, provided it does not exceed one team to every twenty families in said Town;- and the Teams shall not be obliged to go more than forty-five Miles from the place where they were loaded, and the owners of the Teams shall be paid therefor, agreeable to the Established aforesaid.
And be it further Resolved, That the Owner of any Team so employed, shall be paid, if required, one half Part of the Hire of his Team, as soon as the same shall be loaded and ready to proceed on the Journey, and the other half Part, on producing a Receipt of the Delivery of the Goods committed to his Care, at the Place where he was ordered."
The broadside is printed on a 7 x 9 inch sheet of hand laid paper. There are some numbers on the back of the broadside written in ink otherwise very good condition!
This is an authentic Revolutionary War Broadside printed in 1777 this is NOT a reproduction! As with all my Ebay items I am starting this auction at $9.99 with NO RESERVE!
PLEASE SEE MY OTHER AUCTIONS FOR MORE REVOLUTIONARY WAR BROADSIDES!
"State of MASSACHUSETTS-BAY In the House of Representatives, February 5, 1777.
RESOLVED. That when any Wagon-Master shall be called upon, by the Council of the Board of War. to procure Teams for the service for this or any of the United States, and he shall not be able timely to obtain a sufficient Number, at the Rate established by Law, he shall apply to the Committees of Correspondence of any Town who are he...reby directed and impowered to procure the their respective Towns , excepting Sea-Port Towns, by impressment or otherwise the number of teams wanted, provided it does not exceed one team to every twenty families in said Town;- and the Teams shall not be obliged to go more than forty-five Miles from the place where they were loaded, and the owners of the Teams shall be paid therefor, agreeable to the Established aforesaid.
And be it further Resolved, That the Owner of any Team so employed, shall be paid, if required, one half Part of the Hire of his Team, as soon as the same shall be loaded and ready to proceed on the Journey, and the other half Part, on producing a Receipt of the Delivery of the Goods committed to his Care, at the Place where he was ordered."
The broadside is printed on a 7 x 9 inch sheet of hand laid paper. There are some numbers on the back of the broadside written in ink otherwise very good condition!
This is an authentic Revolutionary War Broadside printed in 1777 this is NOT a reproduction! As with all my Ebay items I am starting this auction at $9.99 with NO RESERVE!
PLEASE SEE MY OTHER AUCTIONS FOR MORE REVOLUTIONARY WAR BROADSIDES!
