State of Massachusetts-Bay. : In the House of Representatives, April 21st. 1780. : As justice and humanity, and every reasonable principle of the human heart, must urge the necessity of rendering the situation of our brethren (who are risking their lives in the field of battle, for our defence) as comfortable as may be ... Resolved, that the selectmen in each town in this state, be, and they are hereby required and directed, to collect from the inhabitants of their towns ... the number of shirts, and pairs of shoes and stockings, set and affixed to their respective towns, in the following schedule .