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Colonial RI Governor GIDEON WANTON - Doc Signed

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Gideon Wanton (1693-1767) Colonial governor of Rhode Island. Wanton of Newport, Rhode Island served in 1746-1747. 12" x 7 ½" document signed, Colony of Rhode Island, May 15, 1747. The document is an appointment of Samuel Bailey of Little Compton to the office of "…Cornet of the Troop of the Horse…" obliging him "…In the Case of any Invasion or Assult of a common Enemy to Infest and Disturb these his Majesty's Plantation…Alarm and Gather together the Regiment under your Command…." Some breaks in the folds with modest paper loss, overall age toned, one small water stain in the upper center. There is a large seal affixed at the upper left.

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