Commission, 1760 Apr. 04.

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Commission, 1760 Apr. 04.

Order, issued at Westminster, commissioning Benning Wentworth as governor of the Province of New Hampshire.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8064861

Portsmouth Athenaeum Library & Museum

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