Rolls of the Soldiers in the Revolutionary War

Excerpt from Rolls of the Soldiers in the Revolutionary War: 1775, to May, 1777; With an Appendix, Embracing Diaries of Lieut. Jonathan Burton; Volume I of War Rolls; Volume XIV of the Series Joint Resolution relating to the preservation and publication of portions of the early state and provincial records and other state papers of New Hampshire. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened: That his excellency the governor be hereby authorized and empowered, with the advice and consent of the council, to employ some suitable person - and fix his compensation, to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated - to collect, arrange, transcribe, and superintend the publication of such portions of the early state and provincial records and other state papers of New Hampshire as the governor may deem proper; and that eight hundred copies of each volume of the same be printed by the state printer, and distributed as follows: namely, one copy to each city and town in the state, one copy to such of the public libraries in the state as the governor may designate, fifty copies to the New Hampshire Historical Society, and the remainder placed in the custody of the state librarian, who is hereby authorized to exchange the same for similar publications by other states. Approved August 4, 1881. In accordance with the foregoing resolution, the governor, with advice of the council, on the 12th day of October, 1881, appointed and commissioned Isaac W. Hammond as "Editor and Compiler of State Papers." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.