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west north west to the end of the third range, thence southerly in the said range line to the south line of the town. All the militia of said town, eastward of this line will form one company, to be under the command of such Officers as now reside within its limits; and all to the westward of the said line, will form one other Company, in which also the necessary elections of Officers will be ordered. B.Gen. Chandler will please o carry the foregoing arrangement into effect, by ordering the necessary elections for organizing each of the said Companies.

                                                               H: Sewall, B.Gen.

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                    Commonwealth of Massachusetts

General Orders, Headquarters, 24 February, 1802.

The Commander in Chief having taken the advice of Council upon a Resolve of the General Court of 17. February 1801, founded on a petition of Asher Spaulding and others, praying for liberty to raise a Company of Cavalry in the second Brigade, eighth Division; thereupon orders, that Major General Sewall be and hereby is authorized to raise a Company of Cavalry in said Brigade, conformably to said Resolve, to be annexed to the Squadron of Cavalry in said Brigade, and subject to all the rules and regulations provided by law for governing & regulating said corps. - By order of the Commander in Chiefs

                                                Wm. Dennison, Adj.Genl.
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