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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC01450.804 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1700-1753 |
| Title | Appointment of John Furney as Captain of a company of foot soldiers |
| Date | 2 September 1740 |
| Author | Belcher, Jonathan (1682-1757) |
| Additional authors | Willard, John (fl. 1740) |
| Document Type | Military document |
| Content Description | Countersigned by John Willard, Belcher's secretary. Belcher, serving as Royal Governor of Massachusetts, places John Furney in charge of a company of foot soldiers. Raises men in response to Britain's request for Colonial forces to join Major General Charles Cathcart, in charge of leading British troops against Spain in the West Indies. States that the American forces were to have been under the command of former Governor of Virginia, Alexander Spotswood, since deceased. |
| Subjects | Government and Civics Military History Caribbean Global History and Civics Death |
| People | Belcher, Jonathan (1682-1757) Willard, John (fl. 1740) Cathcart, Charles, Baron (1686-1740) Furney, John (fl. 1740) Spotswood, Alexander (1676-1740) |
| Place written | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Theme | Foreign Affairs |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |