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Trumbull, Jonathan, Sr., 1710-1785 [Engsign's commission of Stephen Day]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01412.64.05 Author/Creator: Trumbull, Jonathan, Sr., 1710-1785 Place Written: New Haven, Connecticut Type: Document signed Date: 3 March 1775 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 19.5 cm, Width: 29.2 cm Order a Copy

Cosigned by Secretary George Wyllys. Partially printed certificate signed by Connecticut's Colonial Governor and Captain-General Jonathan Trumbull appointing Stephen Day ensign to the 22nd Regiment of Connecticut. He is given command of a company of troops. Embossed paper seal on left side of document.

Trumbull, Jonathan, Sr., 1710-1785
Day, Stephen, fl. 1775

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