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cheerfully and faithfully Massachusetts performed her duty in 

 this as in her every relation to the Revolutionary struggle is 

 known to all familiar with American history, yet it may not be 

 amiss to recall that when Congress voted to raise eighty-eight 

 regiments, of which this State's quota was fifteen, sixteen were 

 enlisted besides Crane's fine regiment of artillery, — a number 

 soon after augmented by two additional regiments and Ar- 

 mand's artillery legion, Congress having determined to raise six- 

 teen additional battalions, — and that one half the whole burden 

 of the war, as measured by the numbers of men furnished the 

 Continental ranks, was borne by her. Based upon annual terms 

 of service, Massachusetts had 67,907 men in the army, besides 

 many thousands in her own pay for New England and purely 

 local defence. Her militia was frequently in active service, and 

 she was obliged to maintain constantly a force sufficient to garri- 

 son the posts within her territory. Among these, as previously 

 remarked, were the defences at Nantasket, aud upon Hingham 

 a large part of this duty devolved throughout the war. Major 

 Thomas Lothrop was in command in 1778, and under date of 

 February 27 we have a roll of Capt. Peter Cushing's Company 

 then on duty there. It is as follows : — 



Peter dishing, Capt. 

 Noah Hearsey, Sergt. 

 Thomas Jones, " 

 Samuel Hobart, " 

 Daniel Cushing, " 

 Daniel Hobart, Corp. 

 David Burr, " 



David Beal, Jun " 

 Zadock Hearsev Drum, 

 David Andrews, Private, 

 Lot Lincoln, " 



Enoch Stodder, " 



Tho s Waterman, " 



Benj n Stowel, " 



Bradford Hearsey, " 

 Wellcom Lincoln, " 

 Jesse Bate, 

 Job Lincoln, 

 Nat h Gill, 

 Jacob Beal, 

 Jon a Lincoln, 

 Seth Lincoln, 

 Joseph Hamen, 



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Joshua Lincoln, 



John Gill, 



Will m Hobart, 



Abel Fearing, 



Caleb Hobart, 



John Jones, 



Isaac Gardner, 



Isaiah Hearsev, 



Abijah Hearsey, 



Jeremiah Hearsey, 



Shubael Fearing, 



Benj. Jacob, 



Jeremiah Sprague, 



Benj n Joy, 



Joseph Mansfield, 



Laban Hunt, 



Noah Stodder, 



Reuben Stephenson, 



Peter Loring, 



Tho s Cushing, 



Hawkes Fearing, 



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Early in this year also we find Lieut. Jabez Wilder with a num- 

 ber of men forming a part of the garrison. The date is the same 



