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JEREMIAH POWELL WRITES MINUTEMAN JOHN CUSHING
(1714 - 1789) President of the Massachusetts Bay Council of which he was a long-time member, holding that position at various times until Oct. 13, 1780 (during the Revolution, Massachusetts had no governors). Good content A.L.S., 2pp. 4to. with integral address leaf, Mar. 21, 1781 to JOHN CUSHING, a captain of a company of Col. Samuel Johnson's regiment of militia which marched at the Lexington Alarm on April 19, 1775. In part: "...I don't think they [the British] will get possession of Falmouth this summer unless the inhabitants...invite them to come, which I cannot allow myself to think. You have any of that sort of men with you?...The government is doing and will do all they can to protect the Eastern ports. I shall be able...in 3 to 4 weeks to give you an account of how things are likely to succeed at the south, if it should please God to prosper us and our Allies in the present expedition at the Southward...". Some dampstains not affecting legibility, else very good.

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