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COMMONWEALTH
By His EXCELLENCY
OF
John Hancock, Esq.
MASSACHUSETTS
GOVERNOUR OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF
 
MASSACHUSETTS.
  TO Isaac Ambercrombie Gentleman --------------GREETING
John Hancock
YOU being appointed Ensign of a Company in the third Regiment
first Brigade and fourth Division of Militia in this Commonwealth, --
comprehending the County of Hampshire--------

By Virtue of the Power vested in me, I do by these Presents, (reposing special
Trust and Confidence in your Loyalty, Courage and good Conduct) Com-
mission you accordingly.--You are therefore carefully, and diligently to dis-
charge the duty of an Ensign in leading, ordering, and exercising said
Company in Arms, both inferior Officers and Soldiers; and to keep
them in good Order and Discipline : And they are hereby commanded to
obey you, as their Ensign and you are yourself to observe and
follow such Orders and Instructions, as you shall from Time to Time receive
from me, or your superior Officers.
 
 

GIVEN under my Hand, and the Seal of the said Commonwealth, the fifteenth
Day of April --- in the Year of our LORD, 1788, and of the Independence
of the
United States of AMERICA, the Twelfth

 
  By His Excellency's Command,
  John Avery junSecy
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At the time of this commission to Ensign of Isaac Abercrombie, he was 29 years old and a resident of Pelham, Massachusetts. As Ensign, he was charged with leading, ordering, and exercising his Company in Arms. This commission is a standard government form. The year is 1788, and "of the Independence of the United States of AMERICA, the Twelfth."

 

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Military Commission of Isaac Abercrombie

creator   John Hancock (1737-1793)
author   John Avery
date   Apr 15, 1788
location   Boston, Massachusetts
width   15.5"
height   12.75"
process/materials   printed paper, ink with manuscript
item type   Legal Documents/Appointment/Discharge
accession #   #L04.035


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