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WARREN, Joseph (1741-1775). Document signed (“Jos Warren”), commissioning John Davis as a captain, [Watertown], 19 May 1775.
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WARREN, Joseph (1741-1775). Document signed (“Jos Warren”), commissioning John Davis as a captain, [Watertown], 19 May 1775.
One page, 315 x 193mm, with additional endorsement on verso (in another hand), certifying that Davis had taken “the Oath by Congress Required to be taken...” (partially-separated folds repaired on verso and small marginal losses infilled).
One month following Lexington and Concord Joseph Warren issues a rare appointment to a captain who would serve at Bunker Hill – where Warren would meet his demise. Warren appoints John Davis a captain Elements of Colonel Fry’s Regiment (10th Massachusetts) which formed the advance party that initially occupied the hills sitting above Charles Town on the night of 16 June 1775. The balance of the regiment formed the center of the American line on Breed’s Hill on the morning of 17 June, not far from Warren’s Redoubt. Unlike Warren however, it appears that Captain Davis survived the battle of Bunker Hill, despite his position at the American center, that absorbed the full brunt of three frontal assaults by the British. [With:] POWNALL, Thomas (1722-1805). Document signed (“T Pownall”) as Governor of Massachusetts, commissioning Daniel Davis as an ensign “in the Regiment of Foot Commanded by Colonel Ebenezer Nichols – raised by me for a general invasion of Canada,” Boston, 13 March 1758. One page, 335 x 400mm, countersigned (“A[ndrew] Oliver”) (fold separations, marginal losses, dampstains).
One page, 315 x 193mm, with additional endorsement on verso (in another hand), certifying that Davis had taken “the Oath by Congress Required to be taken...” (partially-separated folds repaired on verso and small marginal losses infilled).
One month following Lexington and Concord Joseph Warren issues a rare appointment to a captain who would serve at Bunker Hill – where Warren would meet his demise. Warren appoints John Davis a captain Elements of Colonel Fry’s Regiment (10th Massachusetts) which formed the advance party that initially occupied the hills sitting above Charles Town on the night of 16 June 1775. The balance of the regiment formed the center of the American line on Breed’s Hill on the morning of 17 June, not far from Warren’s Redoubt. Unlike Warren however, it appears that Captain Davis survived the battle of Bunker Hill, despite his position at the American center, that absorbed the full brunt of three frontal assaults by the British. [With:] POWNALL, Thomas (1722-1805). Document signed (“T Pownall”) as Governor of Massachusetts, commissioning Daniel Davis as an ensign “in the Regiment of Foot Commanded by Colonel Ebenezer Nichols – raised by me for a general invasion of Canada,” Boston, 13 March 1758. One page, 335 x 400mm, countersigned (“A[ndrew] Oliver”) (fold separations, marginal losses, dampstains).