To Thomas Carlile Ensign in the 11th Regiment of Foot in the Continental Army commanded by Colonel Daniel Hitchcock, These are to Authorize you, by beat of drum or otherwise, to raise so many Volunteers, in any town or county within the four New England Governments…By Order of George Washington

Document

Document Metadata

Document Group

Other Documents

Document Date

1775-11-21

Title

To Thomas Carlile Ensign in the 11th Regiment of Foot in the Continental Army commanded by Colonel Daniel Hitchcock, These are to Authorize you, by beat of drum or otherwise, to raise so many Volunteers, in any town or county within the four New England Governments…By Order of George Washington

Description

Letter of authorization for Ensign Thomas Carlile to recruit soldiers for the Continental Army in New England signed by Ezek Cornell, Lt. Col. Of the 11th Regiment. Followed by a numbered list of recruiting instructions

Document Year(s)

1775

Document Month

11

Document Day

21

Notes

Not indexed

Document Type

Correspondence

Regiment and Company Information

Regiment Officer

Col. Daniel Hitchcock

Regiment Officer Rank

Col

Catalog Information

Call Number

MSS 673 Sub-group 2 Series 1 Sub-series B Box 1 Folder 104

Series Number

1

Series Name

Rhode Island Continental Lines

Sub-Series

B

Sub-Series Name

2nd Rhode Island Regiment, Continental Line

Box Number

1

Folder Number

104

Item Identifier

619

Previous Citations

Old Call Number

RIMP Vol. 5 p. 21

Old item #

none

Old RIMP vol #

5

Old RIMP pg #

21

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