In the House of Representatives, January 4, 1776 Whereas His Excellency General Washington, has represented to this Court the necessity of providing blankets for the Army, and has requested the immediate assistance of this Court, in this interesting affair (Printed by Benjamin Edes, 1776)
Ascribed to the press of Benjamin Edes by Cushing. - Cushing, J.D. Mass. laws, 908. - Evans, 14851. - Ford, W.C. Broadsides, 1967. - Requisitioning 4000 blankets for the army. - Resolves of the Massachusetts General Court. "In Council, January 5, 1776. Read and concurr'd. ..."