Robert Brooke to Moses Austin, 03-23-1796

Robert Brooke to Moses Austin, 03-23-1796 Robert Brooke Project Director and Editor Andrew J. Torget Creation of XML version Debbie Liles Initial TEI Formatting Stephen Mues Programmatic and Manual TEI P5 Compliance Ben W. Brumfield Digital Stephen F. Austin Papers 06-12-2011 Moses Austin Richmond, VA Unknown Eugene Barker, ed., Annual Report of the American Historical Association for the Year 1919: The Austin Papers, (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1924), 3 vols., Vol 1, Part 1, pp. 28 Eugene Barker's summaries and footnotes Militia Commission 03-23-1796 Programmatic restructuring and manual clean-up to comply with TEI P5 2.3.0 Restructured to meet TEI P5 standards Digital creation of XML file

Captain's commission in Virginia militia.

The Commonwealth of Virginia.

To Moses Austin,—Gentleman:

Know You, That from the special Trust and Confidence reposed in your Fidelity, Courage, Activity, and good Conduct, and upon the Recommendation of the Court of the County of Wythe, our Governor, pursuant to the Act for regulating the Militia of this Commonwealth, doth appoint you the said Moses Austin Captain of a Company of the Second Battalion, of the thirty-fifth Regiment of the said Militia, to take Rank as such, agreeably to the number thereof.

In Testimony whereof, These our Letters are Sealed with the Seal of the Commonwealth, and made Patent.

Witness, Robert Brooke, Esquire, our said Governor, at Richmond, this 23d. day of March 1796.

[Registered:]

Sam. Coleman.

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