Commission of Sylvanus Bacheldor to be Ensign for a company in the Fourth Regiment of Infantry in the Second Brigade and Sixth Division of the Militia of Massachusetts, signed by Elbridge Gerry. Boston, 1810.

Authors

Elbridge Gerry
Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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Description

Elbridge Gerry, as governor and "commander in chief" of Massachusetts, commissions Sylvanus Bacheldor as "ensign of a company" in the fourth regiment of infantry in the second brigade and sixth division of the militia of Massachusetts. Benjamin Homans signs as secretary of the commonwealth.

Creation Date

7-20-1810

City

Boston

State/Province

Massachusetts

Country

United States

Creator Life Dates

1744-1814

Keywords

Sylvanus Bacheldor, ensign, fourth regiment, second brigade, sixth division, militia of Massachusetts, Elbridge Gerry, Benjamin Homans

Resource Identifier

080501-07

Date Digital

11-7-2013

Document Type

Manuscript

Disciplines

Archival Science | Military History | United States History

Publisher

Wofford College

Format (medium)

manuscript

Format (IMT)

PDF

Language

En-us

Digitization Specifications

800ppi 24-bit depth color; Scanned with an Epson 15000 Photo scanner with Epson Scan software; Archival master is a TIFF; TIFFs converted to PDF with Adobe Acrobat XI Pro.

Source

The original from which this digital representation is taken is housed in The Littlejohn Collection at Wofford College, located in the Sandor Teszler Library.

Recommended Citation

Gerry, Elbridge and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, "Commission of Sylvanus Bacheldor to be Ensign for a company in the Fourth Regiment of Infantry in the Second Brigade and Sixth Division of the Militia of Massachusetts, signed by Elbridge Gerry. Boston, 1810." (1810). Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection. 122.
https://digitalcommons.wofford.edu/littlejohnmss/122

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