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Massachusetts Bay Council [Appointment of John Harman as a first lieutenant in the Massachusetts militia]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01450.526 Author/Creator: Massachusetts Bay Council Place Written: Watertown, Massachusetts Type: Printed document signed Date: 10 May 1776 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 33 cm, Width: 41.6 cm Order a Copy

Partially printed document countersigned by John Lowell as deputy secretary. Members of the Massachusetts Bay Council also signed, including: James Otis, W. Spooner, Caleb and Thomas Cushing, John Winthrop, B. Chadbourn, John Whitcomb, Jedediah Foster, James Prescott, Elias Taylor, Michael Farley, Jabez Fisher, Moses Gill, B. White, and Dr. Samuel Holten. Harman was appointed a first lieutenant in the 6th company, under Captain Roger Libby, in the 3rd regiment of militia for Cumberland County. Includes a paper seal.

Massachusetts. Council
Otis, James, 1725-1783
Lowell, John, 1743-1802
Cushing, Thomas, 1725-1788
Gill, Moses, 1734-1800
Holten, Samuel, 1738-1816

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