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Colonial Gov GIDEON WANTON - Document Signed

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Gideon Wanton (1693-1767) Colonial Governor of Rhode Island. Wanton served during the periods of 1745 to1746 and 1747 to 1748. 12" x 7" document signed, May 15, 1747. The document commissions Samuel Bailey of Little Compton to the office of "Cornet of the Troop of the Horse," and obliges him "...in case of any Invasion or Assult of a common Enemy to Infest and Disturb these his Majesty's Plantations...Alarm and gather together the regiment under your Command...with your utmost Skill and Ability...to resist, expulse, expel, kill and destroy them...." There is a large paper seal attached at the upper left. Also there are breaks in the folds with paper loss at the creases and the margins and damp stain in the upper center.

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