Commission Document of Major Amos Farnsworth
Exhibit: To See My Country Free
Commission Document of Major Amos Farnsworth
July 1st, 1794
Groton History Center Collection
This commission document officially promotes Amos Farnsworth, a captain known for exploits at the Battle of Bunker Hill and the Battle of Chelsea Creek, to the rank of Major. This document bears the signature of Samuel Adams on its left side, a signer of the Declaration of Independence and a former Governor and Commander in Chief of the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
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