[Commission of Henry Sherburne as major of a regiment to be raised in the counties of Newport and Bristol, R.I. Newport], 12 May 1775

[Commission of Henry Sherburne as major of a regiment to be raised in the counties of Newport and Bristol, R.I. Newport], 12 May 1775

By the honourable the General Assembly of the English colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations in New England ...

[Newport] 1775

[1] leaf ; 19 x 30 cm.

MSS 742A no. 3

Partially printed document, signed by Henry Ward, Secretary of the Colony.
"Whereas for the Preservation of the Rights and Liberties of His Majesty' s ... subjects, in this Colony, the aforesaid General Assembly have ordered fifteen hundred men to be enlisted ... into an Army of Observation and the Committee of Safety have appointed you ... Major of the Regiment to be raised."
Docketed on verso: Henry Sherburne Esqr. Major of the Regts. Newport & Bristol
Includes paper seal of the Colony.
Sherburne was an original member of the Rhode Island Society of the Cincinnati

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