State of Massachusetts Bay to Josiah Smith : A.D.S : Boston, 26th day of November, 1779.
1779
MSS 687M
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Title
State of Massachusetts Bay to Josiah Smith : A.D.S : Boston, 26th day of November, 1779.
Variant Title
Commission of Josiah Smith as Ensign in Col. Thomas Marshall's regiment
Published
Boston 1779
Description
[1] leaf ; 20 x 30 cm.
Call Number
MSS 687M
Note
Smith's birth date may have been 1756 -- see J.A. O'Reilly III. Memorials of the Massachusetts Society of the Cincinnati (2004) p. 358. He was an original member of the Massachusetts Society of the Cincinnati.
Appoints Smith as ensign "in the Regiment of Foot ... raised by this state to serve in the Continental Army, whereof Thomas Marshall Esq. is Colonel."
"...[T]his shall be your sufficient warrant till you shall receive a commission in manner and form pointed out by the Resolves of Congress of March the 8th & June 28th 1779.
On verso: Wm Hunts'...amnts to 8.11s.7; also: Nancy Smith her hand
Marshall was Col. or the 10th Massachusetts Regiment.
Watermark: C Taylor. (Gravell. Foreign watermarks, 677.)
Mounted on a sheet 20 x 31.
Torn in two places at folds.
Digitized image available, see URL.
Appoints Smith as ensign "in the Regiment of Foot ... raised by this state to serve in the Continental Army, whereof Thomas Marshall Esq. is Colonel."
"...[T]his shall be your sufficient warrant till you shall receive a commission in manner and form pointed out by the Resolves of Congress of March the 8th & June 28th 1779.
On verso: Wm Hunts'...amnts to 8.11s.7; also: Nancy Smith her hand
Marshall was Col. or the 10th Massachusetts Regiment.
Watermark: C Taylor. (Gravell. Foreign watermarks, 677.)
Mounted on a sheet 20 x 31.
Torn in two places at folds.
Digitized image available, see URL.
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