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Tailer, William [Appointment of Peter Adams, gent., as ensign in the militia company whereof Edmund Quincey is captain]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01450.433 Author/Creator: Tailer, William Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony Type: Document signed Date: 30 January 1715 Pagination: 1 p. + docket Order a Copy

Countersigned by Woodward. Date is possibly in old style. Partially printed document. Signed as Lieutenant Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.

Tailer, William, 1675-1731

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