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1776 APPOINTMENTTO SERVE IN HAZEN’S 2ND CANADIAN
(“CONGRESS’S OWN”) REGIMENT
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(AMERICAN REVOLUTION—SIGNER.) HANCOCK, JOHN. Partly-printed
Document Signed, as President of the Continental Congress, military commission appoint-
ing Murdock McPherson “Ensign in a Regiment whereof Moses Hazen Esquire is
Colonel.” Countersigned by Secretary of Congress Charles Thomson. 9
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x12 inches;
backed, complete separations at all folds with some loss to text and to “Joh” of Hancock
signature, moderate loss at fold intersections, moderate dampstaining overall with marked
discoloration at fold intersections.
SOLD AS IS
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Philadelphia, 25 February 1776
[4,000/6,000]
Mcpherson entered the Second Canadian Regiment as Ensign on February 25, 1776, made
Lieutenant on April 8, 1777, and served in the Invalid Regiment, 1782-83; he was brevetted
Captain on September 30, 1783.