1776, Constitution of New Hampshire (J. Stockdale 1783).
"In CONGRESS, at Exeter, Jan. 5, 1776.
We the Members of the Congress of the colony of New-Hampshire, chosen and appointed by the free suffrages of the people of said colony, and authorized and impowered by them to meet together, and use such means, and pursue such measures, as we shall judge best for the public good; and in particular to establish some form of government...
...conceive ourselves reduced to the necessity of establishing a Form of Government, to continue during the present unhappy and unnatural contest with Great-Britain;...
...Accordingly, pursuant to the trust reposed in us, we do Resolve...
...That general and field officers of the militia, on any vacancy, be appointed by the two Houses, and all inferior officers be chosen by the respective companies.
That all officers of the army be appointed by the two Houses, except they should direct otherwise in case of any Emergency."
The Constitutions of the Several Independent States of America; the Declaration of Independence; and the Articles of Confederation between the Said States, to Which Are Now Added, the Declaration of Rights; the Non-Importation Agreement; and the Petition of Congress to the King Delivered by Mr. Penn, with an Appendix, Containing the Treaties Between His Most Christian Majesty and the United States of America; the Provisional Treaty with America; and (Never Before Published) an Authentic Copy of the Treaty Concluded Between Their High Mightinesses the States-General, and the United States of America, the Whole Arranged with a Preface and Dedication by the Rev. William Jackson, Second Edition (London: J. Stockdale, 1783), 30–35. Constitution of New-Hampshire. Resolved at Exeter January 5, 1776.