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Sullivan, James (1744-1808) [Appointement for James Elliot]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01450.448.01 Author/Creator: Sullivan, James (1744-1808) Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Printed document signed Date: 9 October 1807 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 24.6 x 38.8 cm. Order a Copy

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. Elliot took and subscribed the oaths and declarations perscribed by the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts previous to his entering upon the duties assigned him by the within Commission." Features paper seal.

James Sullivan was the governor of Massachusetts.
Jonathan L. Austin was the Secretary of State of Massachusetts, as well as a state senator and state treasurer.
Simon Elliot was a Major General in the Massachusetts Militia.

Sullivan, James, 1744-1808
Austin, Jonathan Loring, 1748-1826
Elliot, Simon, 1762-1832
The New Nation, 1783-1815
Government and Civics
Oath
State Constitution
Military History
Militia
The Age of Jefferson & Madison

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