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Spottsylvania County (Virginia) Committee

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SPOTTSYLVANIA COUNTY (VIRGINIA) COMMITTEE.

At a meeting of the Committee of Spottsylvania County, at the Town-House in Fredericksburgh, the 24th day of January, 1776, present, Fielding Lewis, Esq˙, Chairman, and nineteen Members.

The said Committee proceeded to the choice of Officers to command two Companies of Regulars to be raised in the said County, agreeable to an Ordinance of the honourable Convention; whereupon the following gentlemen were chosen by ballot, viz: George Stubblefield and Oliver Towles, Captains; Robert Dudley and Nathaniel Fox, First Lieutenants; Charles Tuft and Peter Minor, Second

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Lieutenants; Benjamin Winslow, Jun˙, and Joseph Holladay, Jun˙, Ensigns.

Extract from the Minutes:

JOHN CHEW, JUN˙, Clerk.

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Title

Officers of two Companies of Regulars chosen by the Committee of Spotsylvania County, Virginia

Creator

Virginia, Spottsylvania County Committee

Editor

Virginia, Spottsylvania County Committee

Resource Type

text

Genre/Form

documents (object genre)

Date Created

1776-01-24

Recipient

Virginia, Spottsylvania County Committee

Presentation Location

Spottsylvania County, Virginia, North America

Before Whom

Virginia, Spottsylvania County Committee

Subject

Key people, events, and institutions: meetings, provincial conventions and assemblies
Military action: military organization and discipline

Document ID

S4-V4-P01-sp22-D0149

Series

S4

Volume

S4-V4

Part

S4-V4-P01

Sub-Part

S4-V4-P01-sp22

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