New Hampshire Revolutionary War documents, mainly dealing with draft, militia

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1. King George III. D: Portsmouth, N.H. 4 November 1769. Legal writ to the sheriff of New Hampshire ordering the seizure of Richard Perkins for appearance in court. 1p. + docket + endorsement.

2. State of New Hampshire. D: Hillsborough, [N.H.] 12 January 1781. An Act for the raising and completing this state's quota of the Continental Army. 2p. + docketed on verso.

3. State of New Hampshire. D: Hillsborough, [N.H.] 14 April 1781. An Act in addition to, and alteration of an Act passed the 12th day of January 1781, entitled an act for raising and completing this state's quota of the Continental Army. 1p. + docket.

4. State of New Hampshire. D: [N.H.] 27 June 1781. An Act in addition to two several Acts of this state passed since the commencement of the present year for raising and filling up this state's quota of the Continental Army. 1p. + docket.

5. State of New Hampshire. D: Hillsborough, [N.H.] 28 November 1781. Various Acts to prevent the inhabitants of Great Britain from committing acts inimical to the United States of America. 4p. + docketed on recto.

6. State of New Hampshire. D: Hilllsborough, [N.H.] 21 March 1782. An Act for raising and completing this state's quota of the Continental Army. 3p. + docket.

7. State of New Hampshire. D: [N.H.] [n.d.] A schedule containing an account of the services of the militia, from 1775 to 1783. 4p.

8. State of New Hampshire. MD: Hillsborough, [N.H.] 8 September 1791. Received amount of bounties paid by said town to soldiers in the course of the late war. 2p. + docket.

GLC#
GLC03657
Type
Header Record
Date
1769-1791
Title
New Hampshire Revolutionary War documents, mainly dealing with draft, militia
Place Written
Various Places
Pagination
8 documents
Primary time period
American Revolution, 1763-1783
Sub-Era
Road to Revolution
Law
Judiciary
Soldier's Pay
Finance
Government and Civics
Militia
Recruitment
Continental Army
Global History and US Foreign Policy
Loyalist
Revolutionary War

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Collection Item
Printed document signed

[Legal writ to Sheriff of New Hampshire]

November 4, 1769

Wentworth, H., fl. 1769

This document is a printed mandate made in the name of King George III. It was written and signed in Portsmouth, N.H on 4 November 1769. It is a legal writ to the sheriff of New Hampshire ordering the seizure of Richard Perkins for appearance in...

GLC03657.01
Collection Item
Document

An Act for the Raising and Compleating the State's Quota for the Continental Army.

January 12, 1781

New Hampshire. General Assembly

This document is an Act passed in the State of New Hampshire. It is an Act for the raising and completing this state's quota of the Continental Army. This document includes a list of the districts within the scope of the Act's requests and numbers...

GLC03657.02
Collection Item
Document

An Act in addition to, and alteration of an Act passed the twelth day of January one thousand seven hundred and eighty-one, entitled An Act for Raising and Compleating the State's Quota for the Continental Army.

14 April 1781

New Hampshire. General Assembly

This document accompanying an Act passed in the State of New Hampshire. It is an alteration to an Act for the raising and completing this state's quota of the Continental Army. It allows towns and counties to muster men for their quotas in whatever...

GLC03657.03
Collection Item
Document

An Act in addition to Two several Acts of this State passed since the commencement of the present year for raising and filling up the State's Quota of the Continental Army.

27 June 1781

New Hampshire. General Assembly

This document is an Act in addition to two several Acts of this state passed since the commencement of the present year for raising and filling up this state's quota of the Continental Army. It mentions the Act passed on 12 January 1781 and further...

GLC03657.04
Collection Item
Document

An Act for preventing the subjects of His Britannic Majesty and all other persons inimical to the United States of North America, from prosecuting Actions, serving as Jurors, or acting as town officers within this State.

28 November 1781

New Hampshire. General Assembly

This document consists of various Acts that are passed to prevent the inhabitants of Great Britain from committing acts inimical to the United States of America. In summary, they attempt to prevent British officials from holding office or influencing...

GLC03657.05
Collection Item
Document

An Act for raising and compleating this State's Quota of the Continental Army

21 March 1782

New Hampshire. General Assembly

This document is an Act for raising and completing this state's quota of the Continental Army. It includes an updated list of towns and counties with numbers of men to be mustered from each, including those which are considered "delinquent" and have...

GLC03657.06
Collection Item
Document

A Schedule containing an account of the services of the militia, from 1775 to 1783.

circa 1783

A schedule containing an account of the services of the militia, from 1775 to 1783. Records movements and stations throughout the months between the aforementioned years. Begins with the battle of Lexington in 1775.

GLC03657.07
Collection Item
Document

Recieved Account of Bounties Paid by Said town to Soldiers in the corps of the Late War

8 September 1791

This document is the received amount of bounties paid by said town to soldiers in the course of the late war.

GLC03657.08