Province of the Massachusetts-Bay, By His Excellency the governor, to [blank] : I do hereby authorize and impower you to beat your drums any where within this province, for inlisting able-bodied effective persons ... in the ensuing campaign against the French enemy, for the total reduction of Canada. ... Given under my hand, and seal, at Boston, this [blank] day of [blank] 1760

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