Commission, Thomas Carlin to Vinson Knight, 31 March 1841
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Commission, Thomas Carlin to Vinson Knight, 31 March 1841
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, Commission, , Sangamon Co., IL, to , , Hancock Co., IL, 31 Mar. 1841; printed form with manuscript additions in handwriting of ; signature of ; one page; photocopy in Knight and Belnap Family Papers, 1836–1908, CHL. Includes seal.
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, GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF , To All to Whom these Presents shall come—Greeting:
KNOW YE, That having been duly elected to the office of Aid-de camp to Lieutenant General of the [blank] Regiment of the Militia of the State of , I, , Governor of said , for, and on behalf of the People of said , do commission him Aid-de camp to Lieutenant General of said Militia of said Regiment, to take rank from the ninth of the March 1841.
He is, therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the duties of said office, by doing and performing all manner of things thereunto belonging; and I do strictly require all officers and soldiers under his command to be obedient to his orders; and he is to obey such orders and directions as he shall receive from time to time, from the Commander-in-Chief or his superior officer.
[seal]
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the Great Seal of State to be hereunto affixed. Done at , this 31st day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-one and of the Independence of the , the sixty-fifth.
BY THE GOVERNOR.
SECRETARY OF STATE. [p. [1]]
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- Commission, Thomas Carlin to Vinson Knight, 31 March 1841
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- 21523
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- Thomas Carlin
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Signature of Thomas Carlin.