NOTICE TO A SOLDIER. 



Salem, Sept. 30, 1777. 

 To Mr. David Masury, 



Sir: 



In pursuance of orders from the commanding officers 

 of this regiment I hereby detach 3^on to serve as a soldier 

 agreeable to a resolve of the General Court of the 26th 

 instant, being thus detached you are hereby ordered to 

 appear in School Street to-morrow at 3 o'clock in the af- 

 ternoon with a good firelock, accoutrements and blanket, 

 there to join the company and receive further orders from 

 Capt. Benjamin Ward. Hereof fail not as you would avoid 

 the penalty of the Law. 



Joseph Sprague, Major. 



SLAVERY IN MASSACHUSETTS. 



The Boston and Salem newspapers a few years before 

 the Revolution, contain many advertisements of slaves to 

 be sold, and in some instances to be given away. In the 

 latter case it was probably where such help could not be 

 made profitable to the owners for some reason or other ; 

 perhaps the holders had no employment, or perhaps the 

 slaves were too young or inefficient. Whatever the reason 

 might be, bills of sale occasionally turn up where even 

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