Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Hancock, John, 1737-1793.
2. Benjamin Edes and Sons, printer.

Description

1. 1 sheet ([1] p.); 32 x 40 cm

Subject

1. Blank forms
2. Broadsides
3. Massachusetts > Militia > Appointments and retirements

Genre/Form

1. Broadsides.
2. Blank forms.

Call number

1. *KVB (1781 July 1) (Massachusetts. Commonwealth of Massachusetts. By His Excellency John Hancock)

Note

1. The *KVB copy is filled out in ms. commissioning Josiah Hayden Esqr. as colonel of the third regiment of militia in the county of Plymouth (AAA cat. 4217, 1936, no. 182). Dated July 1, 1781.
2. Evans ascribes publications of the governor for 1780 and 1781 to the press of Benjamin Edes and Sons at Boston.
3. Facsimile.

Indexed in (note)

1. Evans, C. American bibliography
2. Ford, W.C. Broadsides, ballads, &c. printed in Massachusetts, 1639-1800
3. English short title catalogue

Author

1. Massachusetts. Governor (1780-1785 : Hancock)

Title

1. Commonwealth of Massachusetts. By His Excellency John Hancock, Esq; governor ... To [blank] greeting. : You being appointed [blank] By virtue of the power vested in me, I do by these presents ... commission you accordingly ... Given under my hand, and the seal of the said commonwealth, the [blank] day of [blank] in the year of Our Lord, 178[blank] ... By His Excellency's command, [blank].

Imprint

1. [Boston] : [Benjamin Edes and Sons], [between 1780 and 1781]

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. sheet

Indexed in:

1. Evans, C. American bibliography, 0
2. Ford, W.C. Broadsides, ballads, &c. printed in Massachusetts, 1639-1800, 2304
3. English short title catalogue, 0

Place of publication

1. United States Massachusetts Boston.

Added author

1. Hancock, John, 1737-1793.
2. Benjamin Edes and Sons, printer.

Research call number

1. *KVB (1781 July 1) (Massachusetts. Commonwealth of Massachusetts. By His Excellency John Hancock)