1778The town voted to supply soldiers with clothing.Government and Public Service, Military

It was voted at a town meeting that the selectmen were to notify the parishes asking “all persons that can to bring in to the selectmen shirts shoes & stockings for the army not exceeding 137 of each on or before the 20th of September next.” (Town Records, 211)
Gloucester Town Records, 1753-1800. Vol. 3, 1800, http://archive.org/details/townrecords17531800