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HIS EXCELLENCY

CALEB STRONG,

GOVERNOR AND COMMANDER IN CHIEF

OF THE

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.

[signed, in left margin] Caleb Strong ............ To ...Leonard Richmond... Gentleman... Greeting:

YOU being elected on the ...twenty first... day of ...August... A.D. one thousand eight hundred
and ...twelve... to be ...Captain of a Company in a Battalion of Artillery...
in the first Brigade, and ...Thirteenth... Division of the Militia of this Commonwealth; reposing
special trust and confidence in your ability, courage, and good conduct, I do, by these Presents, Commission
you accordingly. You will therefore, with honour and fidelity, discharge the duties of said Office, according
to the Laws of this Commonwealth, and to Military Rule and Discipline. And all inferior Officers and
Soldiers are hereby commanded to obey you in your said capacity; and you will yourself observe and
follow such orders and instructions as you shall, from time to time, receive from the Commander in Chief,
or others your Superior Officers.

Given under my Hand, and the Seal of the Commonwealth, the ...seventh... day of ...September... in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and ...twelve.... and in the ...37th... year of the Independence of the United States of America.

By His Exellency the Governor.

[signed] ...Alden Bradford... Secretary of the Commonwealth.

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