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Auction: 14035 - Postal History, Autographs and Historical Documents
Lot: 3147

Historical Documents
United States of America
American Infantry Commission
1798 (10 May) Original Printed Commission, completed in manuscript, signed by Arthur Fenner as Governor of the State of Rhode Island and Providence-Plantations, and by Samuel Eddy as Secretary, appointing William Tanner to be Lieutenant of the third Company of Infantry in the Town of West Greenwich in the County of Kent. Dated at foot concluding with "in the twenty second years of Independence".8 x 13 inches, wafer seal affixed upper left, folds, old repairs on verso, minor blemishes and light spotting, otherwise good. Photo

Arthur Fenner (1745 -1805) served as the governor of Rhode Island from 1790 until his death in 1805 and was a prominent Country Party (Anti-federalist) leader. Arthur was governor of Rhode Island when it became the last of the thirteen states to ratify the Constitution on 29 May 1790.
Samuel Eddy (1769 - 1839) served as clerk of the Rhode Island Supreme Court 1790-1793. He also served as Rhode Island Secretary of State 1798-1819.

For other U.S.A. items, please see lots 3072 and 3094

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