RETURN, TO BE SENT TO THE ADJUTANT GENERAL, AT BOSTON, WITHIN TEN DAYS AFTER THE PARADE SPECIFIED BENEATH, IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING SECTION OF THE MILITIA LAW OF 1846; ... THE UNDERSIGNED, AS COMMANDING OFFICER OF COMPANY K IN THE NINTH REGIMENT OF LIGHT INFANTRY, FIFTH BRIGADE, THIRD DIVISION MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEER MILITIA, HEREBY CERTIFIES AND DECLARES, THAT THE ANNEXED TABLE IS A TRUE AND CORRECT RETURN OF THE NUMBER OF OFFICERS, NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICERS, MUSICIANS, AND PRIVATES, BELONGING TO THE COMPANY UNDER HIS COMMAND, AS AFORESAID, WHO APPEARED, ARMED, UNIFORMED, AND EQUIPPED, AND PERFORMED DUTY, AND OF THOSE WHO WERE ABSENT, ON THE TWENTY SIXTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER 1848, SAID DAY, BEING ON OF THE DAYS OF COMPANY PARADE, FOR EXERCISE AND DISCIPLINE, BY ORDER OF THE COMMANDING OFFICER. - [SEE SECTION 76TH OF DIGEST.]| THE UNDERSIGNED ALSO CERTIFIES AND DECLARES, THAT EVERY MAN SO RETURNED IS DULY AND LEGALLY ENLISTED AS A MEMBER OF THE COMPANY UNDER HIS COMMAND, AND, TO THE BEST OF HIS KNOWLEDGE AND BELIEF, IS NOT BORNE ON THE ROLL OF ANY OTHER COMPANY.| SIDNEY FAIRBANKS COMMANDING COMPANY K AS AFORESAID. DATED AT WINCHENDON THIS TWENTY SIXTH DAY OF SEPT. 1848. ... [verso: RETURN OF COMPANY K, 9TH REGIMENT OF LIGHT INFANTRY. RECEIVED AT OFFICE OF ADJUTANT GENERAL, 7TH DAY OF OCT. 1848.].
[Winchendon, Mass.? 1848]. Broadside, 8" x 10", printed on blue paper in different typesettings, blanks completed in manuscript. Two horizontal folds with light wear at either end, light tanning at edges and along folds. Signed in ink by Sidney Fairbank. At bottom of return is a chart showing a total..... More