The 1st Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, otherwise known as Hale's Regiment, served during the War of 1812 from September 30, 1814 until October 4, 1814. Lieutenant Colonel Ebenezer Hale commanded the regiment. This series consists of material from the 1st Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Militia. This includes the rosters of Lieutenant Colonel Ebenezer Hale's regiment, along with regimental and division orders sent to Hale, commissions for officers, and an orderly book created by Adjutant Gibbins Adams, also of Hale's Regiment.