Name/Title
Kickemuit and Providence (1710)Entry/Object ID
2025.01.07.07Scope and Content
Documents from 1700sContext
Joseph Dudley Esq., General James Adams, Bristol
Transcription:
Joseph Dudley Esq: Captain General & Govern: in Chief in and [?] Her [?]: Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England in America To James Adams Gent: Greeting by virtue of the power and Authority in and by Her Maj[?]: Royal Commission to me Granted [?] by [?] [?] to [?] and Appoint you to be Lieutenant of the [?] Company in the Town of Bristol and the Comand of Samuel Gallop Gent: Captain belonging to the Regiment of Militia within the County of Bristol whereof Benj Church Esq: is Colonel You are therefore carefully and Diligently to Discharge the Duty of a Lieutenant by Exercising and Well Disciplining as well as the Inferior Officers as souldiers of That Company And I Do hereby Command them to Obey you as their Lieutenant And you to Observe and follow such Orders and Directions from time to time, as you shall receive from [?] Colonel Captain, or any other [?] Superior Officers According to the Rules and Discipline of War in [?] of the Trust hereby reposed in you.
Given [?] my hand & Seal at Armes at Boston Twenty Seventh day of December 1710. In the Ninth Year of Her Maj. Reign
Joseph Dudley
By his Ex: Command
[?] Hddington. SectryCollection
MilitaryDimensions
Width
11-3/4 inLength
14-1/2 inLocation
Location
Box
Document Box 20Area
Museum Floor LandingBuilding
George Hail Free LibraryDate
January 7, 2025Condition
Overall Condition
PoorMaterials
PaperRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Joseph Dudley, James AdamsCreate Date
January 7, 2025Update Date
July 15, 2025
