Extract from the Gazette, 1740
Printed in The Pennsylvania Gazette, August 7, 1740.

His Honour our Governor having, in Pursuance of his Majesty’s Instructions, some Time since, issued his Warrants for Raising of eight Companies of Men in this Government; the Whole were Compleated about a Week ago: Four of these Companies being armed, by the Care and Diligence of the British Lieutenants wherewith they are furnish’d, have made a considerable Progress in the new Exercise; and we hear that the other four, during their Stay on the Continent, will henceforth be diligently attended and instructed by the Adjutant of this Battallion.

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