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Commission Certificate

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Collection Type

  • Manuscripts

Date

1846

GUSN

GUSN-56092

Description

Colonel's commission in cursive script, eagle emblem for Samuel Miller Quincy.

Details

Descriptive Terms

certificates
paper (fiber product)
armed forces
Unidentified Paper
Military
CERTIFICATE, COMMISSION

Associated Person

Quincy, Samuel M. (Samuel Miller), 1833-1887

Associated Building

Original to Josiah Quincy House (Quincy, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

16.375 x 10.5 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Edmund Quincy

Accession Number

1988.84

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