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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC04629 |
| From Archive Folder | Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century Exploration and Settlement |
| Title | Order to the Major of Suffolk to send troops to help protect Concord and Medfield |
| Date | 22 April 1676 |
| Author | Rawson, Edward (1615-1693) |
| Recipient | Suffolk, The Major of |
| Document Type | Military document |
| Content Description | Written as Secretary of the Council of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (1650-1686) to the leader of the Massachusetts Militia in Dorchester (the Major of Suffolk) a few days after the 18 April 1676 attack on Sudbury during King Philip's War. |
| Subjects | Military History Government and Civics American Indian History |
| People | Rawson, Edward (1615-1693) |
| Place written | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Theme | Native Americans; Government & Politics |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |