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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC00994 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1775 |
| Title | Appointment of Second Lieutenant Enos Briggs |
| Date | 25 July 1775 |
| Author | Warren, James (1726-1808) |
| Document Type | Military document |
| Content Description | Document of the Congress of the Colony of Massachusetts Bay appoints Enos Briggs a second lieutenant of a Company of Foot. Signed by James Warren, President of the Congress and Samuel Freeman, Secretary of the Congress. On verso is note written by John Cushing, Jr., Justice of the Peace in Plymouth, that Briggs took the oath required by officers and soldiers of the Massachusetts Army on 2 September 1775. |
| Subjects | Revolutionary War Government and Civics Military History Militia |
| People | Warren, James (1726-1808) Freeman, Samuel (1743-1831) |
| Theme | The American Revolution; Government & Politics |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |