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�be annexed to the 2. regiment & the north company to the 3. regiment of the first brigade in said Division. By order of the Com. in chief, Wm. Donnison Adjt. General

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. General Orders, Mar. 12. 1804

   The Commander in chief having taken into consideration a resolve of the General Court, authorizing him with the advice of Council to raise a company of artillery within the limits of the 5. regiment, 1. brigade, 8 Division of the militia, and having taken the advice of the Council theron orders that Major Genl. Sewall raise a company of artillery within the limits of the said regiment: provided that neither of the standing companies in said regiment be reduced thereby to a less number than sixty-four affective privates - & when raised, that the said company be annexed to the battalion of artillery in said brigade, & be subject to all the rules, regulations, restrictions that are or may be provided by law for governing & regulating the militia of this Commonwealth. by order of the Commander in chief
                                          Wm. Donnison, Adj. Genl.

          Division Orders, 8 Division, Augusta, March 29. 1804.

Pursuant to the within General Orders, the persons associated in Topsham for the purpose of forming a Company of