Gilbert, Thomas, 1723-1788 [Instructions to Moses Hitchcock on arranging a Brookfield, Massachusetts town meeting]

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GLC#
GLC01450.447.02-View header record
Type
Documents
Date
16 September 1776
Author/Creator
Gilbert, Thomas, 1723-1788
Title
[Instructions to Moses Hitchcock on arranging a Brookfield, Massachusetts town meeting]
Place Written
Brookfield, Massachusetts
Pagination
1 p. : address Height: 34.5 cm, Width: 23 cm
Primary time period
American Revolution, 1763-1783
Sub-Era
The War for Independence

Signed by the eight Select Men of Brookfield (two names illegible). Orders Hitchcock, as constable of Brookfield, to inform all the town's freeholders and those qualified to vote to meet on 30 September 1776. Provides instructions on the agenda, which will include Revolutionary War financing, the town budget, preparations for the small pox epidemic, taxation, and arms manufacturing. A note signed Hitchcock on the verso indicates his compliance.

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