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Collection Reference Number GLC01125.02
From Archive Folder Documents Relating to 1793 
Title An Act for regulating and governing the militia of the commonwealth of Massachusetts
Date 1793
Author Bigelow, Timothy (1739-1790)  
Document Type Pamphlet; Military document
Content Description Contains the laws and rules for the Massachusetts militia. Signed "Capt. Thomas Bigelow" on the cover. Published by Adams and Larkin, "Printers to the Honorable General Court." An "additional militia law" of 24 February 1796 is bound in at the close of the volume.
Subjects Law  Militia  Military History  
People Bigelow, Timothy (1739-1790)  
Place written Boston, Massachusetts
Theme Law; Government & Politics
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Additional Information Timothy Bigelow rose to the rank of colonel in the Massachusetts militia.
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859