In the name and

by the authority of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Governor Joseph Hiester of the said Commonwealth by Joseph Hiester, Bonam Sampson

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Single printed broadside 12 3/4 x 15 3/8 . Old folds, no chipping, slight tears and foxing/browning at edges of folds. Item #314321 A military commission to Bonam Sampson as Captain of the Seventh company in the First Battalion of the Sixtyninth regiment of the Militia of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, dated 4 May 1822. Names, ranks, and dates are all filled in by hand in dark brown ink.

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