Sir you are hereby Notify^d & warnd to apear on the
Parade near the meeting house on Friday the 18^th day of
July next at one of the Clock in y^e afternoon
Arm^d & equipped with a good firearm with a steel or Iron ramrod
spring to retain the same a bayonet fitted to the s^d fire arm
& a Cartridge Box that will hold fifteen Cartridges at least

Deerfield July 15^th 1788

per order of the Clerk

To Consider Dickinson

David Sexton Serg

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All able-bodied men between the ages of sixteen and sixty were eligible for militia duty, and most towns held an annual "Training Day" in the fall and early spring. Although the American Revolution ended in 1783, economic hardship and armed revolt in Massachusetts in 1786-87 kept local authorities alert for more trouble. Sergeant David Sexton ordered Consider Dickinson to muster at one o'clock on July 18, 1788, with a working gun, ramrod, bayonet and cartridge box.

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