Commissions and letters related to Simon Elliot [Decimalized .01-.06]

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GLC#
GLC01450.448-View header record
Type
Header Record
Date
1786-1807
Title
Commissions and letters related to Simon Elliot [Decimalized .01-.06]
Place Written
Various Places
Pagination
6 items
Primary time period
The New Nation, 1783-1815
Sub-Era
Creating a New Government
Elliot, Simon, 1762-1832
Continental Army
Military History
Militia
Revolutionary War

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Collection Item
Printed document signed

[Appointement for James Elliot]

9 October 1807

Sullivan, James, 1744-1808

Appoints James Elliot as a major and aide de camp for Major General Simon Elliot. Signed by James Sullivan as Governor of Massachusetts. Also signed by Jonathan L. Austin as "Secretary." Docket on verso is signed by Simon Elliot and reads "James H...

GLC01450.448.01
Collection Item
Document signed

[Appointment for Simon Elliot as captain]

December 13, 1786

Bowdoin, James, 1726-1790

Appoints Elliot as an Adjutant in the militia with the rank of captain under the command of General Benjamin Lincoln. This militia was being raised to put down Shay's rebellion. At the time it was actually an illegitimate militia put together by the...

GLC01450.448.03
Collection Item
Printed document signed

[Appointment for Simon Elliot as Major General]

18 June 1796

Adams, Samuel, 1722-1803

Appoints Elliot to the rank of Major General in the first division of the Massachusetts Militia. Massachusetts state seal affixed. Signed by Samuel Adams as Governor of Massachusetts. Also signed by John Avery as "Secretary." Docket on verso attests...

GLC01450.448.04
Collection Item
Printed document signed

[Appointment of Simon Elliot as major general]

15 November 1800

Strong, Caleb, 1745-1819

Appoints Simon Elliot as Major General in the Massachusetts Militia. Elliot had been appointed to the same rank in 1796, which the document mentions. Signed by Caleb Strong as Governor of Massachusetts. Also signed by John Avery as "Secretary."...

GLC01450.448.06
Collection Item
Pamphlet

The Constitutional articles of the independent company of cadets, as revised and ratified, May, 1806.

1806

Printed by Greenough & Stebbins.

GLC01450.448.07