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![General orders for the Second Division of the Massachusetts' militia ... Given under my hand in Newbury-port, this first day of December, Anno Domini, 1786. Jonathan Titcomb, Major-General. Newbury-Port. Printed by John Mycall [1786].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE3ODYvMDEvMDEvZ2VuZXJhbC1vcmRlcnMtZm9yLXRoZS1zZWNvbmQtZGl2aXNpb24tb2YtdGhlLW1hc3NhY2h1c2V0dHMtbWlsaXRpYS1naXZlbi11bmRlci0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/320/468/jpg "General orders for the Second Division of the Massachusetts' militia ... Given under my hand in Newbury-port, this first day of December, Anno Domini, 1786. Jonathan Titcomb, Major-General. Newbury-Port. Printed by John Mycall [1786].")
![Commonwealth of Massachusetts. General orders. Head-quarters, Boston September 6th, 1814 ... By His Excellency's command. J. Brooks. Adjutant General [Boston 1814].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4MTQvMDEvMDEvY29tbW9ud2VhbHRoLW9mLW1hc3NhY2h1c2V0dHMtZ2VuZXJhbC1vcmRlcnMtaGVhZC1xdWFydGVycy1ib3N0b24tc2VwdGVtYmVyLTEtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/63/webp "Commonwealth of Massachusetts. General orders. Head-quarters, Boston September 6th, 1814 ... By His Excellency's command. J. Brooks. Adjutant General [Boston 1814].")
![Commonwealth of Massachusetts. General orders. Head-quarters, Boston, April 12th, 1791 ... [Boston: Printed by Thomas Adams, 1791.].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMTcvY29tbW9ud2VhbHRoLW9mLW1hc3NhY2h1c2V0dHMtZ2VuZXJhbC1vcmRlcnMtaGVhZC1xdWFydGVycy1ib3N0b24tYXByaWwtMTJ0aC1jMjNkNTctNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/64/webp "Commonwealth of Massachusetts. General orders. Head-quarters, Boston, April 12th, 1791 ... [Boston: Printed by Thomas Adams, 1791.].")
![Commonwealth of Massachusetts. General orders. Head-quarters, Boston September 6th, 1814 ... By His Excellency's command. J. Brooks. Adjutant General [Boston 1814].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4MTQvMDEvMDEvY29tbW9ud2VhbHRoLW9mLW1hc3NhY2h1c2V0dHMtZ2VuZXJhbC1vcmRlcnMtaGVhZC1xdWFydGVycy1ib3N0b24tc2VwdGVtYmVyLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/62/webp "Commonwealth of Massachusetts. General orders. Head-quarters, Boston September 6th, 1814 ... By His Excellency's command. J. Brooks. Adjutant General [Boston 1814].")
![State of Maine. General Orders. Head quarters, Portland. June 20, 1820 Fellow soldiers: [Signed by Sam Cory] Adjutant General. Portland. 1820.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTYvc3RhdGUtb2YtbWFpbmUtZ2VuZXJhbC1vcmRlcnMtaGVhZC1xdWFydGVycy1wb3J0bGFuZC1qdW5lLTIwLTE4MjAtZmVsbG93LXNvbGRpZXJzLTY2MWIwZC02NDAuanBn/40/48/webp "State of Maine. General Orders. Head quarters, Portland. June 20, 1820 Fellow soldiers: [Signed by Sam Cory] Adjutant General. Portland. 1820.")
![[Letter from Cyrus W. Field, to Gen. Geo. B. McClellan, commander-in-chief, U. S. Army, Washington, December 7th, 1861.].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDgvbGV0dGVyLWZyb20tY3lydXMtdy1maWVsZC10by1nZW4tZ2VvLWItbWNjbGVsbGFuLWNvbW1hbmRlci1pbi1jaGllZi11LXMtYXJteS1jYTNjNTItNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/49/webp "[Letter from Cyrus W. Field, to Gen. Geo. B. McClellan, commander-in-chief, U. S. Army, Washington, December 7th, 1861.].")
