Can anyone explain a colonial muster?  I'm guessing it was like National Guard training.  There were regiments and companies.  Sometimes they went to London.  Each muster lasted several months.

Was it compulsory?  How large an area did it cover?  Was it imposed by the British against Indians or against budding patriots?  Can one guess the musterees sympathies from their membership?  

I don't understand the purpose or the particulars.

Sally Phillips

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