1775The Provincial Congress voted to send five hundred men to defend the seaports.Government and Public Service, Military

“…whereof a certain number were ordered to this Town.” (Town Records, p. 164)
Gloucester Town Records, 1753-1800. Vol. 3, 1800, http://archive.org/details/townrecords17531800. Garland, Joseph E. Guns off Gloucester. 1st ed, Essex County Newspapers, 1975.