We are offering five documents issued and signed by governors of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts - sizes from smallest to largest are 8"x13" to 16"x20". **CONDITION** - Very Good/Excellent - two have small edge-tears at the fold lines, all others are excellent (see images)
1.) Document dated September 14, 1797, which states that Increase Sumner, Governor and Commander in Chief of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, had appointed Lewis Warriner as Captain of a company in the Second Regiment, First Brigade, Fourth Division of Militia of Massachusetts. The document has Governor Sumner's signature, and it has the seal of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts that had been affixed to the document with wax, which had partially broken away as the wax dried out and chipped off.
2.) Document dated September 4, 1833, which states that Levi Lincon, Governor and Commander in Chief of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, had elected George Patch of Ipswich as Captain of a company in the Second Regiment of the Infantry in the Second Brigade and Second Division of the Militia of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The document has the signature of Levi Lincoln and is also signed by Edward D. Bangs, Secretary of the Commonwealth, plus the seal of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts affixed to it.
3.) Document dated February 15, 1848, which states that George N. Briggs, Governor and Commander in Chief of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, had commissioned Lieutenant Thomas C. Amory to the rank of Major of the Independent Company of Cadets, of the First Division of the Militia of the Commonwealth. The document is signed by the governor and by W. B. Calhoun, Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
4.) Document dated August 27, 1824, which states that the governor had accepted the Resignation of George C. Wilde as Brigadier Major and Inspector in the First Brigade and Sixth Division of the Militia of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and was honorably discharged. The document is signed by Adjutant General C.H. Simmons [or Simonds].
5.) Document dated February 5, 1840, which states that Marcus Morton, Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, had appointed Samuel Sumner Wilde of Boston, as one of the Justices of the Peace [judges] for the term of seven years "if he shall so long behave himself well in the said office". The document has Marcus Morton's signature and is also signed by John P. Bigelow, Secretary of the Commonwealth, and has the seal of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts affixed to it.
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1797-1848 APPOINTMENTS OF MASSASCHUSETTS MILITIA OFFICERS - SIGNED BY GOVERNORS
$385.00
