Certificate awarded to Horace A. Briggs denoting his rank as Lieutenant of the 2nd Company of the 5th Regiment of Infantry in the CT State Militia, to take rank on the 19th day of April, 1841. Signed by William W. Ellsworth, Captain General and Commander in Chief for the State of Connecticut, May 24, 1841.
Collection
Carol Kimball Collection
Acquisition
Accession
2026.040
Source or Donor
Carol Kimball
Acquisition Method
Transfer
Lexicon
Legacy Lexicon
Object Name
Paper, Militia
Archive Details
Date(s) of Creation
1841
Archive Size/Extent
1 folder
Archive Notes
Date(s) Created: 1833-1837
Provenance
Notes
Admin or Biographical History: Horace A. Briggs was born in Plainfield, January 6, 1820, the son of Isaac and Cynthia Gallup Briggs. He married Susan Stanton in Voluntown on November 25, 1849 and died in Norwich, June 11, 1915.
