Raynor HCA 2013-01
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 1/10/2013
Partially Printed document signed by 15 members of the Council of Massachusetts-Bay (including W. Spooner, Charles Chauncey, John Taylor, John Whetcomb, and B. White), broadside on paper, 12.5" x 15", accomplished in a clerical hand, Watertown, March 23, 1776, being Noah Whitman's appointment as "second Lieutenant of the Sixth Company of the third Regiment of Militia in the County of Plymouth whereof Edward Mitchell Esq. is Colonel," countersigned by Perez Morton, Deputy Secretary, on behalf of the Major Part of the Council, embossed paper seal, endorsement signed in the lower right corner by Lt. Col. David Jones and Maj. Eliphat Cary indicating that Whitman appeared before them "and took the oath required to Qualifie him for the Trust Reposed in him"; minor foxing, separated with loss and repair at central fold. The clerk who filled out this commission has inked out the printed date statement "in the Sixteenth Year of the Reign of his Majesty King George the Third, Anno Domini, 1776" and replaced it in holograph with "In the Year of our Lord One thousand Seven Hundred & Seventy Six." Professionally stabilized from the verso,very good.
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