Bowdoin, James, 1726-1790 [Commission of William North as a Major in the United States Army]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02542.11 Author/Creator: Bowdoin, James, 1726-1790 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Printed document signed Date: 16 November 1786 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 25 x 39.2 cm. Order a Copy
Partially printed document signed by Massachusetts Governor James Bowdoin countersigned by Secretary John Avery. North among troops raised by order of Congress on 20 October 1786. Features paper seal.
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