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PP-P.776.011
4 Mar 1776:14, 21 (5/228)
Friday, February 23, 1776, A.M. To the Honourable the
Representatives of the Freemen of the Province of
Pennsylvania, in General Assembly met.
The Petition of Mark Byrd, Daniel Broadhead, Baltzer Gehr
and Jonathan Potts, Esqs. Field Officers in the several
battalions in Berks County, in behalf of said battalion.
Humbly sheweth, That the establishment of a Militia by this
Honourable House for the defence of the Province gave great
satisfaction to the inhabitants of this country in general;
. . . [4 paragraphs with suggested changes to the
regulations regarding the Militia]
32d Article. Drum-Majors and Fife-Majors will be extremely
useful in the Militia, and have a great deal of trouble; we
wish the House would consider whether there is sufficient
encouragement given to them.
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