About This Item
Title
A handwritten certificate of commission to a loyalist surgeon in the army of the English colony of Rhode Island from Henry Ward, Secretary of the General Assembly three weeks after the Lexington-Concord battle, 1775
Subject
American loyalists--Physicians
Appointments, Military--United States--Revolution, 1775-1783
Richmond, Ebenezer, 1747-1788
Appointments, Military--United States--Revolution, 1775-1783
Richmond, Ebenezer, 1747-1788
Description
Handwritten document with bold signature of Henry Ward and bottom right. Entitled "By the Honorable the General Assembly of the English Colony of Rhode Island, and Providence Plantations, in New England, in America". To Ebenezer Richmond, Gentleman, Greeting".
Creator
Ward, Henry, 1732-1797
Publisher
Digitized by the rights holder
Language
English
Type
Military commissions
Identifier
ward_commission
Provenance
Private collector
Temporal Coverage
Eighteenth century
Spatial Coverage
Rhode Island
Rights Holder
Anonymous. Name available upon request.
Citation
Ward, Henry, 1732-1797, “A handwritten certificate of commission to a loyalist surgeon in the army of the English colony of Rhode Island from Henry Ward, Secretary of the General Assembly three weeks after the Lexington-Concord battle, 1775,” The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Digital Library, accessed April 20, 2024, https://cppdigitallibrary.org/items/show/8152.