Circular letter from a committee appointed by the officers of the Massachusetts line of the federal army, to the officers in the different states : Boston, (Massachusetts) February 28, 1792.
| Other author | Eustis, William, 1753-1825. |
| Other author | Lincoln, Benjamin, 1733-1810. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | [United States] : [publisher not identified], [1809] |
| Description | 1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) ; 33 x 39 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Evans Digital Edition |
| Subjects |
| Series | Early American imprints. First series ; no. 46594. ^A478749 |
| General note | Concerning claims for compensation for losses sustained by the officers and soldiers during the Revolutionary War. Signed: W. Eustis [and five others]. |
| General note | Followed by the "Petition of the Massachusetts officers to Congress," signed by B. Lincoln, and a resolution passed "at a respectable meeting of the officers of the late American army on the 4th of July, 1792, in the city of New-York." |
| General note | Dated 1792 by Bristol. However, use of the short "s" suggests a later printing date. The only known copy, held by the American Antiquarian Society, is inscribed on verso "The Honble Mr. Mathewson of the Senate of the United States. Washington. Circular letter recd. Jan. 6, 1810," and is postmarked Dec. 30. |
| General note | Text in four columns; printed area measures 24.3 x 25.1 cm. |
| References | Bristol B8165 |
| References | Shipton & Mooney 46594 |
| Other forms | Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 46594). |
| Genre/form | Broadsides. |
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