State of Massachusetts-Bay. In the House of Representatives, April 30th, 1777 : Whereas this court have undoubted intelligence that our enemies are determined ... to enslave the inhabitants of America ... Resolved, that in such towns ... as have not already ... inlisted a number of able-bodied men ... shall on the said 15th day of May, call their several companies together, and endeavour to compleat the same . ([Printed by Benjamin Edes], 1777)