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7 November 1760
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820
[Appointment of Robert Ross-Bonan as ensign to an independent company of foot under the command of Captain John MacHarg]
By his Majesty's command.
GLC01450.538
23 June 1746
[Appointment of Ralph Teesdale]
Created at Kensington. Countersigned by William Stanhope, Earl of Harrington, Lord President of the Council., and by Edward [Lloyd?]. Appoints Teesdale as second lieutenant in Brigadier General George Byng's regiment of marines. Contains one round...
GLC01450.539
31 March 1779
Hansen, John, fl. 1779
A muster roll of Captain John W. Wendell's Company in the first Battalion New York Forces in the service of the United States commanded by Colonel Goose Van Schaick, for the months of January, February, and March 1779.
This document records the muster role for Captain John W. Wendell's Company in the First Battalion of New York. His company was under the greater command of Colonel Goose Van Schaick. It is signed by John Hansen, Lieutenant Colonel Cornelius Van...
GLC01450.542
1792
New York Military Association
[Statement of organization and training for the New York City Military Association]
States "Whereas it is essentially necessary in all Free States, that the People should become perfectly acquainted with the use of Arms, and be regularly disciplined, in order the more effectually to defend their Liberty, Property, & Country, against...
GLC01450.543
14 October 1778
Clinton, Henry, Sir, 1730-1795
[Appointment of William Dansey a major in the British Army under Lord Cornwallis]
Countersigned by John Smith. Dansey was appointed a "Major to his Majesty's Thirty Third Regiment of Foot Commanded by Lieutenant General Charles Earl Cornwallis: and likewise to be Captain of a Company in said Regiment." Accompanied by paper seal.
GLC01450.544
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