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Jay, John, 1745-1829 [Appointment of William North to New York militia]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02542.13 Author/Creator: Jay, John, 1745-1829 Place Written: Albany, New York Type: Document signed Date: 9 April 1796 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 24 cm, Width: 33.7 cm Order a Copy

Signed by Jay as Governor of New York, countersigned by Lewis A. Scott as Secretary. Document appoints North as a Major Commandant of a Battalion of Militia in the County of Albany, New York. Note on verso, dated 16 July 1796, and signed by "R. Lush" as "Clk. & one of the Commisr &c." Note says that North was qualified as a Major, agreeable to law. Embossed paper on recto.

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