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Commission Issued to Lieutenant 'AnselHooper In April, 1and SignedBy Dewitt Clinton, Governor.■'William Robertson, of this village,! ‘the Militia of our said state,. 01* anyhas in his possession the commissionother your superior officer, accordingthat was -issued to his- uncle, Ansel to the Bules' a?d of War,- , m. pv.:r..r.::.c ci me trust reposed mHooper, when, he was made a lieutenant of a company in the 109thRegiment of Infantry in this state on the 24th day trf April, 1818. Mr. Hooper was married to Esther Rob-, ertson-on March 30, 1815. The commission, now 106 years old, is in a good'state of preservation, and reads as follows:The People of the State of -New York, •by the Grace of God Free and. Independent:To Ansel Hooper, greeting: We reposing especial trust and confidence, as well in your patrotism, conduct and loyalty, as in your integrity and readiness to do us good and faithful service, have appointed and eonstitu-jted, and .by these presents do appointand constitute you, the said AnselHooper, Lieutenant of a company in*the 109tli Regiment of Infantry of our said state: You are, therefore,to take the said Company into your charge and care, as Lieutenant there-you; and for so doing this shall be your Commission, for and during our good pleasure, to be signified by our Council of Appointment.In Testimony .Whereof, We have caused our -Seal fo.r Military Commissions to be hereunto affixed:♦Witness our trusty and well-beloved DeWdtt Clinton, Esquire, -Governor of our said State, General and Commander in Chief of .all the Militia, and Admiral of the Navy of the same, by and with the advice and consent of our said Council* of Appointment, at our City of Albany, the 24th day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen and in the 42nd year of our Indepen-deoice.DeWitt ClintondiAotsfce\fijtim*d(■siwchmmdirsItmtltlsitldiAPassed the Secretary’s .office, the 30th day of May, 1818.J. V. N. Yates, -Secretary.of, and duly to exereise the Officers'*and Soldiers of that Company in arms who are hereby commanded to obey you as their Lieutenant; and you are also to observe and follow such orders and directions as you shall from tipie to time receive from out General and Commander i*n Chief ofBe it remembered, that this twenty-seventh day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, the within named Ansel Hooper appeared before me and took and subscribed the oaths perscribed by law.E. T. Thorp,Clerk of Cayuga Countysi/i;a c vsfaua-i 1
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Cape Vincent Eagle
Cape Vincent, New York, US
Thu, May 01, 1924
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