5. NEW HAMPSHIRE BROADSIDE RAISING 600 MEN Rare war-date New Hampshire broadside, 9" x 13", [New Hampshire, June 16, 1780], headed: "An Act for Raising Six Hundred Men Towards compleating the Battalions of this State in the Continental Army", with detailed contents identify military officers by name, enumerating the different regiments, and detailing the rate of pay and remuneration for new recruits. In part: "...WHEREAS it is found necessary that Six Hundred Men should be immediately raised towards the compleating the Battalions of this State in the Continental Army: Be it therefore enacted by the Council and House of Representatives... That there be Six Hundred good and effective Men forthwith raised and sent forward to join the Battalions of this State in the Continental Army. And that the Committee of Safety shall immediately give Orders to each and every of the Colonels or Commanders of Regiments in this State, to raise their Quotas thereof.... And each Man, proceeding in the Service as aforesaid, shall be paid at the Rate of Forty Shillings a Month, in Money equal to Indian Corn, at Four Shillings a Bushel, Grass-fed Beef at Three Pence per Pound, or Sole-Leather at Eighteen Pence a Pound, with Five Pounds like Money more, for finding his own Cloathing, Knapsack and Blanket, and two Dollars Paper Currency a Mile for Travel, and Billeting-Money from the Place of his Abode, until he draws Continental Rations; which two Dollars a Mile shall be paid on his passing Muster, by Such Person as shall be appointed for that Purpose..." The broadside also sets forth penalties for those who fail to report. Much more important content! Rough margins, a small area of skilled paper restoration at upper-left, else crisply-printed and very good. While broadsides originating from Massachusetts and Rhode Island can be had from time to time, such examples from New Hampshire are most rare!
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