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[MANUSCRIPT LETTER, SIGNED, FROM JOHN AVERY TO JACOB GERRISH, CONFIRMING HIS APPOINTMENT AS COLONEL OF A REGIMENT OF LIGHT INFANTRY "TO BE RAISED FOR THE DEFENSE OF THIS AND THE OTHER NEW-ENGLAND STATES"]. by [American Revolution]: Avery, John:

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[MANUSCRIPT LETTER, SIGNED, FROM JOHN AVERY TO JACOB GERRISH, CONFIRMING HIS APPOINTMENT AS COLONEL OF A REGIMENT OF LIGHT INFANTRY "TO BE RAISED FOR THE DEFENSE OF THIS AND THE OTHER NEW-ENGLAND STATES"].
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[American Revolution]: Avery, John:
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[Boston]. , April 24, 1779.. Appointment a Lexington Minuteman to Lead a New Regiment An interesting letter confirming a position as an officer in a new regiment for Jacob Gerrish of Massachusetts during the Revolutionary War. Gerrish (ca. 1739–1817) was the captain of a company of Minutemen in the Lexington Alarm in April 1775 and was commissioned as captain in Colonel Little's Massachusetts Regiment the following month, serving through the end of 1776. From 1777 through the end of the war he served in the Massachusetts militia. John Avery was an active member of the Sons of Liberty and served as the deputy secretary of the Province of Massachusetts Bay under Samuel Adams from 1776 to 1780. The letter reads in full: "Sir, I am directed to inform you of your appointment yesterday by the General Court as Col. of the Re't of Light Infantry to be raised for the Defence of this and the other New-England States agreeable to a resolve passed the 16th inst. The other officers are Joseph Durfee, Lieut Col., Habin Mann Major. You will be kind enough to inform me of your Determination upon the matter without loss of time." Staining, remnants of prior mounting on verso of conjugate leaf. Small hole and wax seal remnants from opening, without loss. About very good.

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