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1809 Gov. Levi Lincoln MA Militia General Orders

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Governor Lincoln's Mass. Militia General Orders

1809, Printed Broadside Document, Boston, Signed in the Printed Text by, "Levi Lincoln" as Governor & Commander in Chief and "Wm. Donnison" as Adjutant General, Choice Very Fine.
This original Broadside document dated May 13, 1809, measuring 6" x 8" in which Governor Levi Lincoln has signed this General Order to disband the militia recently called out by President James Madison in November 1808. There are a couple minor edge tears and a pinhole, otherwise this unusual Massachusetts military document is in choice condition.

Levi Lincoln was born in Hingham, Massachusetts on May 15, 1749 and graduated from Harvard, where he studied law, in 1772. When the Battle of Lexington occurred, he volunteered to fight with the Minute Men. Though elected to the Continental Congress in 1781, he declined to serve. Lincoln was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1796, and of the Senate in 1797. In 1800, he was elected to the United States Congress and served until March 5, 1801, when President Jefferson appointed him Attorney General of the United States. He held this office until March 5, 1805. Lincoln was a member of the Council of Massachusetts in 1806, and served as Lieutenant Governor in 1807-1808 and upon the death of James Sullivan, he became Governor.

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