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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)
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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