[Commission of] Thomas Robinson of the State of Pennsilvania [sic], Esquire : Yorktown [i.e., York, Pennsylvania], 12 Nov. 1777

[Commission of] Thomas Robinson of the State of Pennsilvania [sic], Esquire : Yorktown [i.e., York, Pennsylvania], 12 Nov. 1777

York, Pa. 1777

[1] leaf ; 22 x 35 cm.

MSS L2001F471

Sworn by Charles Thomson, Secy.
Partially printed document appointing Robinson Major of the 5th Pennsylvania regiment, to rank from the 2nd of October 1776.
On verso: manuscript notations of bonds relative to Robinson & Delany, Wayne Archer Johnston and others.
Robinson was an original member of the Sate Society of the Cincinnati of Pennsylvania.
Encapsulated in archivally sound mylar.
Photocopy of commission in case file.
A color photograph of the Charles Willson Peal portrait, in which Robinson is in uniform and wears the Society Eagle, accompanied this commission. The original is owned by Independence National Park; the photo is in the Vertical File under name. Digitized image available, see URL

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