(BOSTON SIEGE OF) STRAW JONATHAN Document Signed as a captai

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(BOSTON, SIEGE OF.) STRAW, JONATHAN. Document Signed, as a captain in the New Hampshire militia, for receipt of rum issued to Colonel John Stark's New Hampshire regiment as they arrived in Cambridge just seven days after Lexington and Concord. 1 page, 1 1/2 x 7 1/4 inches. Cambridge [MA], 26 April 1775

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The Revolution was launched at Lexington and Concord on 19 April. John Stark was commissioned as colonel of a New Hampshire regiment on 23 April, and three days later was at the front lines to assist in the siege--as shown by this document. Here, his captain signs for a ration of rum: "Recd rum for 21 men in Col'l John Stark's regt, rec'd by me, Jonathan Straw, Capt."