Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Head quarters, Cambridge, 14th March, 1812. General orders The commander in chief being informed, that doubts have arisen in the minds of militia officers, respecting the construction of the general order of the first of July last, states in explanation thereof (s.n, 1812)
Another issue of this edition, which includes the comma, is signed: By order of the commander in chief, [blank] adjutant general. - Printed area measures 13.6 x 15.1 cm. - Shaw & Shoemaker, 25992. - Signed: By order of the commander in chief, William Donnison, adjutant general. - Two editions were set in type and printed simultaneously, and may be distinguished by the presence or absence of a comma after the word "informed." The ornament beneath "Commonwealth of Massachusetts" also differs. The American Antiquarian Society has two copies of each edition, all printed on a single sheet and not separated