Raynors HCA 2015-05
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Revolutionary War Enlistment Paper, measuring about 8” x 5-1/2” 5.5”, for Jacob Walker of Scituate, Rhode Island, dated June 8, 1778. This Document is for the Enlistment of Jacob Walker as a soldier into the military service from Rhode Island, and “for the Preservation of the liberties of America and the defense of the United States in general and for this State in particular.” This enlistment is for the term of service is to last until the 16th of March 1779, “unless sooner Discharged.” It’s headed “Scituate” and dated on its reverse, which also bears Jacob Walker’s signature at the bottom. It reads, in full: “I the subscriber do hereby solemnly engage and inlist my self as a soldier in the pay of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantation for the preservation of the liberties of America and the defence of the United States in general and for this State in particular from the day of my inlistment untill the Sixteenth Day of March in the year of our lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy nine unless sooner discharged by the general assembly of said State and hereby promise to submit myself to all the orders and Regulations of the army and faithfully to observe and obey all such orders as I shall receive from time to time from my officers. --- Witness my hand this Eighth Day of June in the year of our lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy eight. The reverse reads: “Scituate June 8th Day 1778 - Recd of Isaac Hopkins twenty pound LM for inlisting as a Soldier into the Service of State of Rhoede Island and Providence Plantations as witness my hand. - Jacob Walker”
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