Apr 27, 2017 - Sale 2444

Sale 2444 - Lot 26

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(AMERICAN REVOLUTION--1778.) Cushing, David. Order for militia troops to join Washington after the winter of Valley Forge. Autograph Letter Signed as colonel in the Massachusetts militia to Captain Elias Whiton of Hingham, MA. One page, 13 1/4 x 8 1/4 inches, with address panel on verso (no postal markings); moderate foxing, tape repairs along folds on verso. (MRS) Hingham, MA, 29 April 1778
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Cushing orders two distinct troop detachments from one of his militia companies: "You are directed forthwith to inlist or detach five men out of your companey for nine months to joyn General Washington's armey, being your part of 2000 men ordered to be raised in this state." Also, "you are directed forthwith to detach three men for eight months . . . and order them to march by the shortest rout to Peekskill on Hudson's River."