Auction Date:2010 Jan 13 @ 10:00 (UTC-05:00 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
Revolutionary War-dated partly-printed DS, one page, 11.5 x 7.5, September 5, 1775. In part, “The Congress of the Colony of New-Hampshire to Joseph Tucker Gentleman Greeting. We reposing especial trust and Confidence in your Fidelity, Courage and good Conduct, Do by these Presents constitute and appoint you the said Joseph Tucker to be First Lieutenant of the Fourth Company in the First Regiment of Militia within the said Colony of New Hampshire. You are therefore carefully and deligently [sic] to discharge the Duty of a Lieutenant in leading, ordering and exercising said Company in Arms both Inferior Officers and Soldiers, and to keep them in good Order and Discipline; hereby commanding them to obey you as their Lieutenant.” Signed by Thornton as president. Intersecting folds, one through a single letter of signature, some edge dings and chips, mild toning, and a small burn hole to top center, otherwise fine condition. The white wafer “Colony of New Hampshire” seal in the upper left corner is intact.
Tucker and his troops saw action in such combat situations as the Battle of Chelsea Creek, the Battle of Bunker Hill, and the Battle of Trois-Rivières. He left the service in 1782. Thornton, the signing authority of this parchment, had been a member of a New Hampshire safety committee in 1775 when he was asked to draft a plan of government for the state following the dissolution of the royal government. His plan was immediately accepted and became not only New Hampshire’s first Constitution, but the first new state constitution after the start of hostilities with the United Kingdom. Thornton served as the first president of the New Hampshire House of Representatives and as a Superior Court justice. As a member of the Continental Congress, he arrived just in time to sign the Declaration of Independence on behalf of New Hampshire. A rare and uncommon example.
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5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
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