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Title: [Appointment] 1812 Sep. 22, Tennessee William Lauderdale appointment as Captain In Militia / Willie Blount: a machine readable transcription of an image
Author:Blount, Willie
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Date: September 22, 1812
Extent: 1p
Summary:This document notes the formal promotion of William Lauderdale from First Lieutenant to Captain of the 15th militia of the state of Tennessee on September 22, 1812.
Collection:Lauderdale Papers
Box:Correspondence
Folder:10
Document:sl451
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STATE OF TENNESSEE ,

To all who shall see these presents, GREETING: KNOW YE, that reposing special trust and confidence in the patriotism, valor, conduct and fidelity of William Lauderdale of the county of Sumner WE DO commission him Captain in the 15th regiment of militia of this state; and do authorise [authorize] and empower him to execute and fulfil the duties of Captain in the said regiment, agreeable to law, and the rules and directions of military discipline. TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the rank and command of Captain in the said regiment, during good behavior, with all the powers, privileges and emoluments thereto of right appertaining. And the said William Lauderdale is hereby required to obey his superior officers lawful commands; and all officers and privates under his command are to be obedient to him as Captain aforesaid.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, we have caused the Great Seal of the State to be hereunto affixed. WITNESS Willie Blount Esquire, our Governor and commander in Chief, at Nashville the 22d day of September in the XXXVII year of our independence, and in the year one thousand eight hundred and Twelve

Willie Blount
[added: BY THE GOVERNOR, W. Blount Secretary]


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