At a General Assembly of the governor and company of the state of Connecticut, holden at Hartford, on the second Thursday of May, 1780 [electronic resource] : Whereas a requisition has been made on this state by the honorable committee of Congress and by His Excellency General Washington ... Resolved ... that 2520 able-bodied effective men, of the militia of this state ... be formed into five regiments ..

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