Name/Title
Silas Pierson signed James De Lancey 1760Entry/Object ID
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Silas Pierson, James De Lancey, John BullScope and Content
By the Honourable
JAMES DE LANCEY, Esq;
His Majesty’s Lieutenant-Governor and Commander in Chief, in and over the Province of NEW-YORK, and the Territories depending thereon in America.
To Silas Pierson Esqr. Greeting
REPOSING especial Trust and Confidence, as well in the Care, Diligence and Circumspection, as in the Loyalty, Courage and Readiness of You, to do His Majesty good and faithful Service; HAVE nominated, constituted, and appointed, and I DO, by Virtue of the Powers and Authorities to Me given by His Majesty, hereby nominate, constitute and appoint You the said Silas Pierson to be Captain of the Company of Militia Foot lately commanded by and in the Room of John Bull Esqr. in the Northern Regiment of the County of Orange Whereof Benjamin Thurston Esqr. is Colonel.
You are therefore to take the said Company into your Charge and Care, as Captain thereof, and duly to exercise both the Officers and Soldiers of that Company in Arms. And as they are hereby commanded to obey You as their Captain so are you likewise to observe and follow such Orders and Directions, from Time to Time, as you shall receive from Me, or any other your Superior Officer, according to the Rules and Discipline of War, in Pursuance of the Trust reposed in you; and for so doing, this shall be your Commission.
GIVEN under my Hand and Seal at Arms, at FORT-GEORGE, in the City of NEW-YORK, the Eighth Day of July in the Thirty Fourth Year of the Reign of Our Sovereign Lord GEORGE the Second by the Grace of GOD, of Great-Britain, France, and Ireland, KING, Defender of the Faith, &c. Annoq; Domini 1760
By His Honour’s Command,
[Signature] James De Lancey
[Signature] Gw. Banyar Secry
