. "Il nostro paese e la sua gente" : una storia di Hampden County, Massachusetts.. oRhode Island e il resto Uniti Gen. John Stark in Al-bany. In giugno, 1779, un ordine è stato rilasciato per 102 uomini da Hamp-shire county per servire in Rhode Island fino a quando i seguenti Janiz-ary, e di essere pagati sedici libbre per mese in aggiunta a theregular continental pay. Allo stesso tempo più 2.000 uomini wereordered per essere sollevato per riempire i ranghi dei quindici continentalbattalions dello stato. Le truppe sollevate nel quadro del presente invito wereto rendezvous a Springfield e Justin Ely era quello di prendersi cura di loro e ruotarlo su

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. "Our county and its people" : A history of Hampden County, Massachusetts.. oRhode Island, and the remainder joined Gen. John Stark in Al-bany. In June, 1779, an order was issued for 102 men from Hamp-shire county to serve in Rhode Island until the following Janiz-ary, and to be paid sixteen pounds per month in addition to theregular continental pay. At the same time 2, 000 more men wereordered to be raised to fill up the ranks of the fifteen continentalbattalions of the state. The troops raised under this call wereto rendezvous at Springfield, and Justin Ely was to care for andturn them over to the officers sent to receive them. The termof ser4ce was nine months, and the penalty for refusing to servewas forty-five pounds. Of this number of men 228 were re-quired from this county. In October following 450 more menwere asked from loyal old Hampshire, to serve in co-operationwith the French allies of the Americans. The penalty for re-fusing to obey this call was fifty pounds. The men received aspay sixteen pounds per month in addition to regular pay. and ( 79 ). c p s vi -^ v|t3u 6 J 5^ iili-^l N : ^.=i ?^o- t-=i . -^ ? 5 I.S ^? I ^ - u^.£1 c^ .- : ^ .. ? - 2 ^ -1 ? ?^ ; ^-^ ^? - -. - =; N- J^ - o •= : M^ U.l/. OF THE REVOLITIOS also received a bounty of tliii-ty i>ounds from the towns fromwhich they enlisted. In addition to the many men called for by the military au-thorities, old Hampshire county was asked to contribute clotliint:for the use of the men in the field. In 1778 a general order wasissued calling for sheets, shoes and stockings for the army, andWilliam Scott, of Palmer, was apopinted collecting agent for thecounty. In 1779 another call for clothing was made, and thepractice was continued throughout the period of the war. These supplies were furnished willingly, although the inhab-itants were seriously burdened with expenses growing out of thecontest. Mr. Holland describes them as an immense draughtupon the physical resources of Western ^Massachuset

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• bookcentury1900
• bookdecade1900
• booksubjecthampden
• bookyear1902