Massachusetts Bay Council [Appointment of Jedediah Southworth as Massachusetts militia captain]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01450.533 Author/Creator: Massachusetts Bay Council Place Written: Watertown, Massachusetts Type: Printed document signed Date: 5 February 1776 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 31.6 x 39.5 cm. Order a Copy
Partially printed document signed by Perez Morton as deputy secretary of the council. Other signers include members of the Massachusetts Bay Council: W. Severs, W. Spooner, J. Palmero, John Taylor, Charles Chauncy, Moses Gill, John Whitcomb, Jedediah Forster, Michael Farley, James Prescott, John Winthrop, B. White, Eliad Taylor, Jabez Fisher, and Dr. Samuel Holten. Appoints Southworth a captain in regiment commanded by Colonel Lemuel Robinson "raised by the Colony to reinforce the American Army untill" 1 April 1776. Includes a paper seal of the 1775 Massachusetts Bay Colony.
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