Commission, Thomas Ford to Hosea Stout, 28 October 1843
Commission, Thomas Ford to Hosea Stout, 28 October 1843
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, Commission, , Sangamon Co., IL, to , , Hancock Co., IL, 28 Oct. 1843; printed form with manuscript additions presumably in handwriting of Thompson Campbell; signatures of and presumably Thompson Campbell; notation in handwriting of with signature of ; one page; Hosea Stout, Papers, CHL. Includes seal.
Verso is in the handwriting of Hosea Stout, with “Charles C. Rich” being the signature of Rich. Rich’s role is in the handwriting of Stout.
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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 Colonel of the Fifth Regiment of the Second— Cohort of the of the Militia of the State of , I, , Governor of said , for, and on behalf of the People of said , do commission him Colonel as aforesaid— [blank] to take rank from the 23d day of June 1843. 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 his Commander-in-Chief or his superior officer.
[seal]
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Great Seal of to be affixed. Done at this 28th day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-three and of the Independence of the the sixty-eighth
By the Governor,
Thompson Campbell Secretary of State. [p. [1]]
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TEXT: Embossed seal of state of Illinois.
Signature of Thomas Ford.
Signature presumably of Thompson Campbell.
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