13 December 1786
Bowdoin, James, 1726-1790
[Appointment for Simon Elliot as captain]
Appoints Elliot as an Adjutant in the militia with the rank of captain under the command of General Benjamin Lincoln. This militia was being raised to put down Shay's rebellion. At the time it was actually an illegitimate militia put together by the...
GLC01450.448.03