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Soldiers Discharged Following Their Service In The War Of 1812

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Soldiers Discharged Following Their Service In The War Of 1812
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Document Signed, “John Freeman.” One page, 7 1/4” x 6 3/4”. Head Quarters, Sandwich. June 15, 1816. The document orders “… officers of said first regiment to meet at John Lawrence’s in Sandwich … to choose a Lieutenant Colon. Commandant and one Major in Place of David Nye .. Nathaniel Jinkens having resigned their commissions in said regiment …” Affixed is an Autograph Deposition Signed by Job Davis. One page, 8” x 9 1/2”. Barnstable. September 21, 1816. The document reads, in part: “… I Job Crocker Davis of Barnstable … first Lieutenant of the Company of Light Infantry in the first regiment, third brigade, fifth division of the militia of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts testify and say that I was duly notified according to law t attend at the house of William Fernsden [?] … for the choosing of a Colonel and a Major in said first regiment - but that I never received any orders or notification either written or verbal to attend the election … for the choice of Lieutenant Colonel and Major in the said fifth regiment … ” Lieutenant Col. David Nye’s regiment served a few days in January, February, June, September and October, 1814. In total, these men served for fourteen days in Falmouth and Barnstable. During this period, the regiment was present at Falmouth when the British brig “Nimrod” bombarded Falmouth, Massachusetts.