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attention to orders & acquaintance with their duty, are entitled to Gen. Sewall's particular thanks.
Would the officers of the militia in general, but pay that attention to their duty, which, consistent with their common avocations, they might very easily do, we should soon behold in our militia establishment, the most substantial security against all hostile attempts, foreign or domestic, whether to enervate the laws, decry the administration, or to invade the sacred rights of our country.
By order of B. Gen. Sewall, S. Howard jr. B. Major
Division Order, Pittston, Nov. 3. 1798.