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"Very fine content D.S. 1p. legal folio, Middletown, Ct., Dec. 18, 1776, a true copy of an official document of the Connecticut General Assembly zealously urging the populace to enlist in the cause of freedom. In part: ""àcarry out into the different parts of this state west of the River, the Resolve now past concerning them; and endeavor to rouse and animate the People to rise & exert themselves with the greatest Expedition, and to cherish and propagate the Spirit of Zeal [?] that appears to be rising on the present interesting Occasion, and to set on foot and promote with all expedition such undertaking of enlistments in the various Parts -- and all Friends of the Country are earnestly exhorted to tend every aid in their Power to said Committee or any of them to promote this great & good designà"". The committee was composed of a good portion of the Connecticut elite including ""àJesse Root, John Canfield, Tapping Reeve, Lynd Lord, Hezekiah Sabin Jun., Mark Levensworth of New Haven, John Davenport, Thaddeus BarràJohn Lewis, Oliver Ellsworth, Major Nathaniel Brown, Captain David Landon of Guilford, Capt. Mathew Hancock, Justice Buck Esqr. Ephraim Hall Jr.; Capt. Thomas Porter, Cyrus Collins, Co. Seth Smith, Capt. Dan Townerà"" among others. The document is attested as ""àfaithfully transcribed from the attest Copy and examined by [signed] Tapping Reeve."" In December of 1776 Washington had fled across the Delaware River and Congress had fled to Baltimore fearing the imminent capture of Philadelphia by Howe's army. The ensuing bad morale placed the Continental Army was in real danger of complete disintegration. To make matters worse many soldiers were preparing to leave because of expiring enlistments. It was actions like the one above ordered in this document, combined with Washington's surprise victories at Trenton and Princeton only a week later, that saved the Continental army from total destruction. Connecticut's troops, along with Pennsylvania and Maryland formed the backbone of Washington's army for the duration of the war. Ragged margins, one small hole at left, not affecting text, usual folds, otherwise in very good condition." 2075 Very fine content D.S. 1p. legal folio, Middletown, Ct., Dec. 18, 1776, a true copy of an official document of the Connecticut General Assembly zealously urging the populace to enlist in the cause of freedom. In part: ""àcarry out into the different parts of this state west of the River, the Resolve now past concerning them; and endeavor to rouse and animate the People to rise & exert themselves with the greatest Expedition, and to cherish and propagate the Spirit of Zeal [?] that appears to be rising on the present interesting Occasion, and to set on foot and promote with all expedition such undertaking of enlistments in the various Parts -- and all Friends of the Country are earnestly exhorted to tend every aid in their Power to said Committee or any of them to promote this great & good designà"". The committee was composed of a good portion of the Connecticut elite including ""àJesse Root, John Canfield, Tapping Reeve, Lynd Lord, Hezekiah Sabin Jun., Mark Levensworth of New Haven, John Davenport, Thaddeus BarràJohn Lewis, Oliver Ellsworth, Major Nathaniel Brown, Captain David Landon of Guilford, Capt. Mathew Hancock, Justice Buck Esqr. Ephraim Hall Jr.; Capt. Thomas Porter, Cyrus Collins, Co. Seth Smith, Capt. Dan Townerà"" among others. The document is attested as ""àfaithfully transcribed from the attest Copy and examined by [signed] Tapping Reeve."" In December of 1776 Washington had fled across the Delaware River and Congress had fled to Baltimore fearing the imminent capture of Philadelphia by Howe's army. The ensuing bad morale placed the Continental Army was in real danger of complete disintegration. To make matters worse many soldiers were preparing to leave because of expiring enlistments. It was actions like the one above ordered in this document, combined with Washington's surprise victories at Trenton and Princeton only a week later, that saved the Continental army from total destruction. Connecticut's troops, along with Pennsylvania and Maryland formed the backbone of Washington's army for the duration of the war. Ragged margins, one small hole at left, not affecting text, usual folds, otherwise in very good condition.
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