Officers for Green Mountain Boys

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"At a meeting of the Committees of the several Townships on the New-Hampshire Grants, west of the Range of Green Mountains, convened at the house of Mr. Cephas Kents, in the Township of Dorset, July 27, 1775 — Voted as follows, to wit:

"1st. Chose Mr. Nathan Clark Chairman.

"2d. Chose John Fasset Clerk.

"3d. The motion being made and seconded, Whether this Convention shall prosecute in choosing Field and other Officers, according to the Provincial Congress and your Honour' s direction? Passed in the affirmative.

"Then proceeded as follows:

"4th. Chose Mr. Seth Warner Lieutenant-Colonel for the Regiment of Green Mountain Boys, by a majority of forty-one to five.

"5th. Chose Mr. Samuel Safford Major for said Regiment, by a majority of twenty-eight to seventeen.

"Then proceeded and chose seven Captains and fourteen Lieutenants, by a great majority, viz:

"Captains: Weight Hopkins, Oliver Potter, John Grant, William Fitch, Gideon Brownson, Micah Vail, Heman Allen.

"First Lieutenants: John Fasset, Ebenezer Allen, Barnabas Barnam, Jille Bleaksley, Ira Allen, Gideon Warren, David Galusha.

"Second Lieutenants: Johan Noble, James Claghorn, John Chipman, Nathan Smith, Jesse Sawyer, Joshua Stanton, Philo Hard.

"NATHAN CLARK, Chairman.