Commission appointing Ebenezer Hazard surveyor of the post roads
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| TITLE INFORMATION | |||
| Title | Commission appointing Ebenezer Hazard surveyor of the post roads | ||
| Alternative Title | 7. Commission appointing Ebenezer Hazard surveyor of the post roads | ||
| ASSOCIATED NAMES | |||
| Creator | Bache, Richard, 1737-1811 | ||
| Recipient | Hazard, Ebenezer, 1744-1817 | ||
| CONTENT DESCRIPTION | |||
| Abstract | By authority of Congress, Post-master General Richard Bache appoints and authorizes Hazard as the surveyor of the post roads. There are notes presumably by Hazard on the back of the document, speculating about the actual date of the commission, affirming that it occurred in 1777 rather than in 1776. | ||
| Note | Presumably, the person who wrote about the inaccurate date is Hazard as it is written, "My commission..." | ||
| Note | American Philosophical Society | ||
| Language | English | ||
| Language | (eng) | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Influence--Congresses | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | United States--Politics and government--18th century | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Philadelphia (Pa.) | ||
| PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |||
| Type | Text | ||
| Genre | Certificate | ||
| Extent | 2p. | ||
| Digital Origin | Reformatted digital | ||
| Reformatting Quality | Preservation | ||
| ORIGIN INFORMATION | |||
| Date Issued | 1776-01-06 | ||
| Date Captured | 2021 | ||
| PARENT COLLECTION | |||
| Title | Ebenezer Hazard papers, 1766-1813 | ||
| Call Number | Mss.B.H338 | ||
| URL | https://search.amphilsoc.org/collections/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.H338-ead.xml | ||
| ACCESS INFORMATION | |||
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