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1776 Massachusetts Bay Military Commission Signed By Many
1776 Massachusetts Bay Military Commission Signed By Many
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1776 Massachusetts Bay Military Commission Signed By Many

Printed Document Signed by 15 members of the Council of Massachusetts-Bay (including W. Spooner, Charles Chauncey, John Taylor, John Whetcomb, and B. White), broadside on paper, 12.5" x 15", minor foxing, separated with loss and repair at central fold, very good.

Accomplished in a clerical hand, Watertown, March 23, 1776, Noah Whitman's appointment as "second Lieutenant of the Sixth Company of the third Regiment of Militia in the County of Plymouth whereof Edward Mitchell Esq. is Colonel," countersigned by Perez Morton, Deputy Secretary, on behalf of the Major Part of the Council, embossed paper seal, endorsement signed in the lower right corner by Lt. Col. David Jones and Maj. Eliphat Cary indicating that Whitman appeared before them "and took the oath required to Qualifie him for the Trust Reposed in him." The clerk who filled out this commission has inked out the printed date statement "in the Sixteenth Year of the Reign of his Majesty King George the Third, Anno Domini, 1776" and replaced it in holograph with "In the Year of our Lord One thousand Seven Hundred & Seventy Six."

This item comes with a Certificate from John Reznikoff, a premier authenticator for both major 3rd party authentication services, PSA and JSA (James Spence Authentications), as well as numerous auction houses.

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1776 Massachusetts Bay Military Commission Signed By Many

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