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1779 Continental Congress Printed Broadsheet Resolve For Raising 2,000 Militia

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1779 Continental Congress Printed Broadsheet Resolve For Raising 2,000 Militia
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1779 Continental Congress Printed Resolve Raising Militia
1779-Dated Revolutionary War, Philadelphia Continental Congress Printed Broadsheet Resolve For Raising Militia, Very Fine.
October, 1779-Dated Broadsheet of Continental Congress Resolves, at Philadelphia, 2 pages printed back to back. The Congress provides specifc Orders for another 2,000 Militia to reinforce the Continental Army. It reads, in part: "Whereas it is represented to this court by a letter from the President of Congress, that authentic intelligence has been received of the arrival of Count D'Estaing with a powerful fleet to cooperate with the United States; in pursuance whereof the Commander-in-Chief of the American armies has in the most pressing terms called upon this court to raise a number of troops, no less than 2000 to strike an important blow against the common enemy and put an end to this cruel and destructive war….". Overall, well printed with faint humidity stains and irregularity in some outer margins, not near or affecting any text. An important Revolutionary War Continental Congress issued printed Broadsheet.