[Military commission certificate for Joseph Barrett, 1732 March 6].

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[Military commission certificate for Joseph Barrett, 1732 March 6].

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Commission appointing Joseph Barrett Captain Lieutenant of the Foot Company of Concord, Mass. in the regiment of militia commanded by Col. John Flynt. The document, a partially printed form completed by hand, is signed by J[osiah] Willard, Secry, and Governor Jonathan Belcher.

1 DS ; 32 x 42 cm.

New England Historic Genealogical Society

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New England Historic Genealogical Society

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Barrett, Joseph

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Massachusetts. Governor (1730-1741 : Belcher)

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In 1737 George II appointed a commission to settle the boundary conflict between Massachusetts Bay and New Hampshire. Both sides appealed the commission's decision to the King, who settled the matter in an order in council issued Apr. 9, 1740. The order affirmed the commission's determination of the eastern boundary and established the southern boundary. Belcher, then governor of both provinces, took Massachusetts' side in the controversy. From the descriptio...

Willard, Josiah, 1681-1756

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