BIB_ID
136710
Accession number
MA 558.136
Creator
Warren, Joseph, 1741-1775.
Display Date
[Watertown, MA], 1775 May 19.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, before 1905.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 19.1 x 31.5 cm
Notes
Attestation and witness of Benjamin Pattee's oath taking is on the verso; dated "Middlesex June ye 26, 1775" and signed by Jonathan Hastings, Justice of the Peace.
The Commission is countersigned by Samuel Freeman.
The Massachusetts 2nd Provincial Congress was in session in Watertown, MA in May 1775.
This item is part of a collection of autograph letters and documents by Generals of the American Revolution; see collection record (MA 558) for more information.
The Commission is countersigned by Samuel Freeman.
The Massachusetts 2nd Provincial Congress was in session in Watertown, MA in May 1775.
This item is part of a collection of autograph letters and documents by Generals of the American Revolution; see collection record (MA 558) for more information.
Summary
Commissioning Benjamin Pattee as a "Lieutenant in the Foot Company in the Regiment of the Foot" under the command of Colonel John Nixon.
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