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The Virginia Gazette
Williamsburg, Virginia
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Extract of a January 1777 letter from Boston reports highly successful recruiting for three-year and wartime service in Massachusetts, with 15 regiments expected ready by mid-March. Supplies like barrelled beef are en route to Albany for the northern army, amid a general spirit of activity in procuring troops and provisions. The writer hopes Connecticut will exert equal effort.
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Extract of a letter from a gentleman in Boston to his friend in this city, dated Jan. 1777.
I have the pleasure to inform you, that the recruiting for the service three years, and during the war, is uncommonly successful in this state. It swarms with recruiting officers, and many men of influence, not in the military line, exert themselves to promote the enlisting of men. They are confident of having their 15 regiments ready for the field by the middle of March. Large quantities of barrelled beef are already provided, and on the way to Albany, for summer stores to the northern army; and, in short, a general spirit of activity, both in early procuring troops, clothing, tents, and provision, that presages our being able to open the campaign, with a numerous well appointed army. I hope Connecticut will exert itself with equal spirit.
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Boston, Massachusetts
Event Date
Jan. 1777
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successful recruiting expected to yield 15 regiments by middle of march; supplies including barrelled beef en route to albany for northern army
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Recruiting for three-year and wartime service is uncommonly successful in Massachusetts, swarming with recruiting officers and influential civilians promoting enlistments; general activity in procuring troops, clothing, tents, and provisions to open campaign with numerous well-appointed army