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Letter of appointment - Appointment of Elisha Grant to the rank of captain in the battalion of Phineas Nevers | McCord Museum
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Nomination d'Elisha Grant au grade de capitaine du bataillon de Phineas Nevers

Letter of appointment

Appointment of Elisha Grant to the rank of captain in the battalion of Phineas Nevers
Date March 20, 1780
Dimensions1 textual record ; 14.7 x 24.7 cm
ClassificationCommunication Objects - Documentary Objects - Administrative Records
Origin United States, North America
Object NumberS001/D2.3,6.2
DivisionArchives - Textual Archives
CollectionStewart
Scope and ContentAppointment of Elisha Grant to lead a company in the infantry battalion under the command of Colonel Phineas Nevers, whose mission was to liberate Nova Scotia and make it a free and independent state, during the American War of Independence (1775-1783).
NotesSource of title: based on the nature of the document.



Signatures and inscriptions: signed Jn. Gooch.



Physical condition: splitting along the fold.



General notes: photocopy available.
Status
Not on view

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