Petition from the inhabitants of the Town of Limington for a Light Infantry Company, October 31, 1795

Petition from the inhabitants of the Town of Limington for a Light Infantry Company, October 31, 1795

Massachusetts.Governor (1794-1797, Adams); Adams, Samuel, 1722-1803;Massachusetts--Militia; York County (Me.); Limington (Me.);Massachusetts--History--1775-1865

A petition written by the members of the light infantry company for the town of Limington, Maine on October 31, 1795 to Governor Samuel Adams of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The petition requested that another light infantry company should be formed due to the fact that the size of the present company was unwieldy. The petition is signed by the members of the light infantry company. Until 1819, Maine was under the jurisdiction of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and was called the District of Maine.

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Is part of the Early Militia Collection. Massachusetts National Guard Museum & Archives, Worcester, Massachusetts. http://www.mass.gov/guard/museum/index.htm

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