Massachusetts. General Court epub Massachusetts in the Army and Navy, During the War of Prepared Under the Authority of the State, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint)

Preface. The legislation under which this work has been prepare1 orded as follows :[C hapter 374, A cts of 1889.] rACT providing for the Appointment of aS tate Militar torian. it enac i, etc., as follows: Sect: 1. The governor with the advice and consent oi pw sable person as state military and naval historian, collee a compile, within five years, ready for publication, :eu b; assachusetts soldiers and sailors in the war of the rS ect. 2. The said state historian shall receive as compen ai-sand lobars a year, with necessary expenses not to exceet a )y one year. He may at any time be removed from offic ated by the governor with the advice and consent of the cS ect. 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage. [A Two years later the amount allowed for necessary im five hundred to fifteen hundred dollars. The le 3,,naval portion of the tables was prepared may be i the second volume. This portion was in no wa 3editor of this work, but was kindly plac I jutant-G eneral and Captain Wilson, its compiler. The printing of the completed work began in May piration of the historians term of office (J une 12, 189 ate printing, it has been executed at the ofiice of i has been under the direction of Hon. Wm,(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the aged text. Read books online for free at www.forgottenbooks.org