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18 June 1796

Adams, Samuel, 1722-1803

Printed document signed

Title: [Appointment for Simon Elliot as Major General]

Appoints Elliot to the rank of Major General in the first division of the Massachusetts Militia. Massachusetts state seal affixed. Signed by Samuel Adams as Governor of Massachusetts. Also signed by John Avery as "Secretary." Docket on verso attests that Elliot took "the oaths and declarations prescribed by the Constitution," and is signed by Samuel Cooper as Justice of the Peace.

GLC01450.448.04

15 November 1800

Strong, Caleb, 1745-1819

Printed document signed

Title: [Appointment of Simon Elliot as major general]

Appoints Simon Elliot as Major General in the Massachusetts Militia. Elliot had been appointed to the same rank in 1796, which the document mentions. Signed by Caleb Strong as Governor of Massachusetts. Also signed by John Avery as "Secretary." Massachusetts State seal affixed.

GLC01450.448.06

26 August 1776

Johnston, Francis, 1749-1815

Manuscript document

Title: [Col Johnston's Orders]

Orders a party be formed to "lay the floor of the tents." The "Jr Mr Sejeant" should accompany the order to New York and obtain the needed tools. Letter dates Monday 26, 1776. The only times Monday fell on the 26th in 1776 were February and August. It is far more likely these would have occured on 26 August, when major fighting was taking place in and around New York.

GLC01450.457.02

circa 1783

Object

Title: [Anchor button]

Round in shape. Contains the image of an anchor. Transmitted with a certificate of discharge for Jonathan Mury, who served on board the frigate Alliance 6 December 1781- 13 April 1783 (refer to GLC01450.655.01). Date inferred from certificate of discharge.

GLC01450.655.02

August 21, 1862

Schouler, William, 1814-1872

Printed document

Title: General Order, No. 38

Massachusetts General order number thirty-eight. Order regarding the drafting of militia. Includes other orders as well.

GLC02175.01

September 1, 1862

Schouler, William, 1814-1872

Printed document

Title: General order no. 43

Order appointing commissioners of the draft.

GLC02175.02

September 23, 1862

Whittemore, Eben S., fl. 1862-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William Schouler

Lists the number of men in each local militia unit. Signed as "Commissioner."

GLC02175.03

October 1, 1862

Schouler, William, 1814-1872

Printed document

Title: General order no. 52

Order regarding quotas by town for volunteers.

GLC02175.04

October 10, 1862

Bearse, Charles C., fl. 1862

Manuscript document signed

Title: A list of volunteers for 9 months in the Mass militia from the Town of Barnstable Oct 10 - 1862

Lists company, name, age and regiment of volunteers. States the town has met its quota. Signed by Hall and Bearse as town selectmen.

GLC02175.05

15 October 1862

Baxter, Elijah, ?-1874

Document signed

Title: [Certified list of enlisted men]

A list of the names of the men enlisted from the town of Dennis. Signed by Baxter, Small, and Howes as the town selectmen.

GLC02175.06

16 October 1862

Rogers, William, fl. 1862

Manuscript letter signed

Title: to Eben Whittemore

Now that the quota of Eastham has been filled, Brewster is the only town not to fill it's quota. Signed by Rogers as Assistant Adjutant General.

GLC02175.07

17 October 1862

Mayo, Jeremiah, fl. 1862

Manuscript document signed

Title: United States volunteer enlistment for nine months service for the town of Brewster

List of men enlisted from Brewster. Singed by Mayo as "Ch of Selectmen of Brewster."

GLC02175.08

25 October 1862

Whittemore, Eben S., fl. 1862-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to George Andrew

Having finished his duties as superintendent of the draft he says he is sending a bill for his expenses, which he hopes will be forwarded to the War Department.

GLC02175.09

7 November 1862

Manuscript document

Title: Falmouth Exempts

List of men from Falmouth exempt from service. Lists reasons why the men cannot serve, most often because they are at sea.

GLC02175.10

10 November 1862

Lewis, Thomas, fl. 1862

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Eben Whittemore

States that while Charles F Childs has been enrolled, he is at sea "on a merchant foreign voyage." Signed by Thomas Lewis as the "Ch. Selectmen of Falmouth." Also signed "James &C."

GLC02175.11