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- GLC#
- GLC00993
- Type
- Documents
- Date
- 10 May 1776
- Author/Creator
- Massachusetts Bay Council
- Title
- [Appointment of Thomas Dingley as Massachusetts militia captain]
- Place Written
- Watertown, Massachusetts
- Pagination
- 1 p. : Height: 33.4 cm, Width: 41.5 cm
- Primary time period
- American Revolution, 1763-1783
- Sub-Era
- The War for Independence
Partially printed document signed by Perez Morton as deputy secretary of the council. Other signers from the Massachusetts Bay Council included: James Otis, W. Spooner, Caleb and Thomas Cushing, B. Chadborn, Moses Gill, John Whitcomb, Jedediah Forster, Michael Farley, James Prescott, John Winthrop, B. White, and Dr. Samuel Holten. Appoints Dingley to the 13th company, in the 2nd regiment of militia from Plymouth County, commanded by Colonel John Cushing. Includes a paper seal.
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