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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.03484 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0079] January-March 1787 |
| Title | Resolution [copy] |
| Date | 6 March 1787 |
| Author | Ward, Artemas (1727-1800) |
| Additional authors | Bowdoin, James (1726-1790) |
| Document Type | Government document; Military document |
| Content Description | Copy of a Massachusetts state resolution concerning money matters for raising "six hundred and sixty men as ordered by the aforesaid resolve, and for the pay[,] cloathing, & subsistence of the said men: Provided that the said sum shall not exceed Five thousand pounds." The 660 men had been requisitioned by Congress as the state's share of a force to be raised to quell Shays' Rebellion. This resolution calls for paying part of the troops' expenses from a tax levied to pay off the state's share of war debts in support of the national government. Those taxes helped pave the way for Shays' Rebellion. Original of this document was countersigned by James Bowdoin. |
| Subjects | Military History Government and Civics Law Military Provisions Military History Military Supplies Military Uniforms Clothing and Accessories Soldier's Pay Finance Recruitment Revolutionary War Taxes or Taxation Continental Congress Congress |
| People | Ward, Artemas (1727-1800) Bowdoin, James (1726-1790) |
| Place written | Massachusetts |
| Theme | Government & Politics; Banking & Economics |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |