Bowdoin, James, 1726-1790 [Appointment of Lieutenant Zibeon Hooker]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01450.616.01 Author/Creator: Bowdoin, James, 1726-1790 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Document signed Date: 28 July 1780 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 24 x 36.3 cm. Order a Copy
Document names Zibeon Hooker as a lieutenant in the Fifth Regiment of Foot, in one of the fifteen battalions raised in Massachusetts to serve in the Continental Army under Colonel Rufus Putnam. Signed by John Avery, Secretary of State of Massachusetts and James Bowdoin as President of the Council.
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