Dublin Core
Identifier
2006a-253
Title
Commission: William Rice, Ensign, US Army
Subject
Legal Documents, Deeds, etc.
Description
Vellum document as follows: "His Excellency Caleb Strong, Governor and Commander in Chief of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to William Rice, Gentleman, - Greeting - You being elected on the fourteenth day of May 1813 to be Ensign of a Company in the fourth Regiment of Infantry in the second Brigade and fourth Division of the Militia of this Commonwealth........." Also signed by Caleb Strong and Signed Alden Bradford on August 21, 1813. On the back is stated that William Rice personally appeared on September 23, 1813 and took oaths. In badly deteriorated condition, torn in half.
Type
Document
Format
27.3 x 41.9 cm (10.8 x 16.5 in)
Date
1800/1833
Publisher
Worthington Historical Society
Date Available
2006-08-24
Medium
Paper
Mediator
swu, modified by db, 12/13/2016
Abstract
War Artifact - Commission of Ensign William Rice
Source
Worthington Library Rice Room
Date Created
May 14, 1813
Date Accepted
2007-03-24
Date Modified
2012-12-05
Has Part
Box 30c
Provenance
Worthington Library Rice room
Document Item Type Metadata
Text
Commission: William Rice, Ensign, US Army
Original Format
Paper
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