Translation of Above. May it please your Excellency pursuant to your order I send the number of soldiers in the first Regiment of militia in the County of Middlesex which have been in His Majesties service within two years from the date hereof agreeable to the particular accounts given me by the Captains of the Companies in said Regiment this number is two hundred & eighty six your Excellencies most obedient Humble Servant W. Brattle Camb. 20th March 1756 No. 186 His Excellency Major General Shirley