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Massachusetts Bay Council [Appointment of Thomas Dingley as Massachusetts militia captain]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00993 Author/Creator: Massachusetts Bay Council Place Written: Watertown, Massachusetts Type: Printed document signed Date: 10 May 1776 Pagination: 1 p. ; 33.4 x 41.5 cm. Order a Copy

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.

Massachusetts. Council
Otis, James, 1725-1783
Morton, Perez, 1751-1837
Cushing, Thomas, 1725-1788
Gill, Moses, 1734-1800
Holten, Samuel, 1738-1816

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