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Adams, John Quincy (1767-1848) [Commission of James W. Ripley as Captain in the Fourth Regiment of Artillery]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01492 Author/Creator: Adams, John Quincy (1767-1848) Place Written: Washington, D.C. Type: Printed document signed Date: 1 June 1826 Pagination: 1 p. : vellum ; 28.8 x 40.6 cm. Order a Copy

Engraved document signed by Adams as president and countersigned by James Barbour as secretary of war. Includes a paper seal. A note on the side signed by "R. Jones" indicated that it was "Registered Vol: 2 page 59" in the attorney general's office. Ripley later became a general in the Civil War.

Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848
Barbour, James, 1775-1842
Ripley, James W. (James Wolfe), 1794-1870

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