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Letter from General Ward to the Massachusetts Congress. Lieutenant Francis Cox, of Salem, has deserted the service, and told his men they might go home, for no one had a right to stop them, many of the men are gone, and it is probable others will go. [1775-06-24] Ward, Artemas, General. [S4-V2-p1080] [Document Details][Complete Volume]
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Cambridge, June 24, 1775,
SIR: I am informed that Lieutenant Francis Cox, of Captain Richardson' s Company, in Colonel Mansfield' s Regiment, has deserted and left the service, and has carried away a number of enlistments, and told the same men they might go home, that no one had a right to stop them, although they were mustered, sworn, and paid. Many of the men are gone, and it is probable others will go.
Considering the present state of the Army, I would humbly suggest whether it would not be advisable for the
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honourable Congress to lake some order respecting Lieutenant Cox and the said men, and make a publick example of him, if not of them. I am your humble servant, in great haste,
ARTEMAS WARD.
To Hon. James Warren, Esq.
P. S. Lieutenant Cox lives in Salem.
General Ward to the Massachusetts Congress