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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC01450.444.01 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1776 |
| Title | Certificate establishing Joseph Hopkins as ensign of a state militia regiment |
| Date | 25 November 1776 |
| Author | Cooke, Nicholas (1717-1782) |
| Additional authors | Ward, Henry (1732-1797) |
| Document Type | Military document |
| Content Description | Signed by Cooke as Governor of Rhode Island. Signed by Henry Ward, Secretary of Rhode Island. Docket indicates that Hopkins was an ensign in Captain Malachi Hammet's Company. |
| Subjects | Militia Revolutionary War Military History |
| People | Cooke, Nicholas (1717-1782) Ward, Henry (1732-1797) Hammet, Malachi (fl. 1761-1777) Hopkins, Joseph (fl. 1776) |
| Place written | East Greenwich, Rhode Island |
| Theme | The American Revolution |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |