On this day 250 years ago in Exeter, the Third New Hampshire Provincial Congress created a Committee of Safety and named General Nathaniel Folsom as commander of the 2,000 man New Hampshire contingent of the New England Army beseiging Boston. Most of these 2000 New Hampshire men were already in Massachusetts participating in the siege.

Sources: https://www.americanhistorycentral.com/entries/siege-of-boston/;