Dorr, Thomas Wilson, 1805-1854 [Commission of Daniel N. Paine as Lieutenant Colonel, 6th Regiment of 2nd brigade of the Rhode Island militia]

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GLC#
GLC04227
Type
Documents
Date
1842/05/05
Author/Creator
Dorr, Thomas Wilson, 1805-1854
Title
[Commission of Daniel N. Paine as Lieutenant Colonel, 6th Regiment of 2nd brigade of the Rhode Island militia]
Place Written
Rhode Island
Pagination
1 p. : docket Height: 19.5 cm, Width: 31.4 cm
Primary time period
National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
Sub-Era
Age of Jackson

Partially printed document also signed by Dorr as governor and William H. Smith as secretary. Each use of "his Excellency" were struck and replaced by "Thomas W. Dorr" or "the Governor." The word "Company" was also struck to identify the armed force as a militia. Issued while Dorr was acting illegally as governor at the time of the Dorr rebellion.

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