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HIS EXCELLENCY

JOHN BROOKS,

GOVERNOR AND COMMANDER IN CHIEF

OF THE

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

To ..... ...Leonard Richmond...,Gentleman, .......
Greeting:

YOU having been elected, on the ...nineteeth... day of ...April..., ... A.D. one thousand eight hundred
and ...nineteen..., 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 ...twenty ninth... day of ...April,..... in the year of our
Lord, one thousand eight hundred and ...nineteen,... and in the ...forty-third... year of the Independence, of the
United States of America.

By His Exellency the Governor.

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

[signature in left margin] J. Brooks.

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