Commission of Captain Richard Brooke Roberts in the Second sub legion in the service of the United States : Philadelphia, 19 March, 1793
1793
MSS 578 [framed]
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Title
Commission of Captain Richard Brooke Roberts in the Second sub legion in the service of the United States : Philadelphia, 19 March, 1793
Published
Philadelphia Thackara and Vallance 1793
Description
1 item ; 47 x 39 cm. framed to 64 x 51 cm.
Call Number
MSS 578 [framed]
Note
Signed by Washington as President and by Knox as Secretary of War
In another hand: "Registered" [signature illegible]
Partially printed document on vellum.
Between 1791 and 1796 the U.S. army was known as the Legion of the United States.
Capt. Roberts of South Carolina was the aide-de-camp to Gen. Benjamin Lincoln and an original member of the South Carolina Society.
For biographical sketch of Roberts, see: Memorials of the Massachusetts Society (1964), p. 517; Roberts' assignment to the 2nd sub legion is herein dated 4 September 1792.
Gift of Richard Brooke Roberts, a descendant.
In another hand: "Registered" [signature illegible]
Partially printed document on vellum.
Between 1791 and 1796 the U.S. army was known as the Legion of the United States.
Capt. Roberts of South Carolina was the aide-de-camp to Gen. Benjamin Lincoln and an original member of the South Carolina Society.
For biographical sketch of Roberts, see: Memorials of the Massachusetts Society (1964), p. 517; Roberts' assignment to the 2nd sub legion is herein dated 4 September 1792.
Gift of Richard Brooke Roberts, a descendant.
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