Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848 [Commission of James W. Ripley as Captain in the Fourth Regiment of Artillery]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01492 Author/Creator: Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Printed document signed Date: 1 June 1826 Pagination: 1 p. : vellum ; 28.8 x 40.6 cm. Order a Copy
Engraved document signed by Adams as president and countersigned by James Barbour as secretary of war. Includes a paper seal. A note on the side signed by "R. Jones" indicated that it was "Registered Vol: 2 page 59" in the attorney general's office. Ripley later became a general in the Civil War.
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