military commissions
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Warrants conferring authority to raise and command a body of troops; certificates conferring military or naval rank and authority on officers of certain rank.
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Captain Lewis Leavens papers
Collection — Folder 2. Captain Lewis Leavens papers, 1854-1870.
Identifier: 2021-14
Content Description
Accession includes commissioning documents from the New York state militia and the Rhode Island Volunteers 7th Regiment.1. Photograph (carte-de-visite or CDV) presumed to be Captain Lewis Leavens.
2. Photograph (carte-de-visite or CDV) of J M Dyckman coat of arms (ZYT Bestendig "Be Constant") .
3. Lewis Leavens 2nd Lt. of Riflemen in the 18th Regiment 7th Brigade and 2nd Div. commission for New York State Militia, Nov. 23, 1854.
4. Lewis Leavens 1st Lt. in the 18th Regiment 7th...
Dates:
1854-1870
Found in:
Rhode Island State Archives
Civil Commissions register
Series — Volume Civil Commissions register, 1831-1848
Identifier: C#00239
Abstract
Registry of civil commissions. Record of commissions officers elected by militia companies.
Dates:
May 1, 1831-February 29, 1848
Found in:
Rhode Island State Archives
Military Proclamation for George E. Taylor
Item — Folder Proclamation for George E. Taylor,5/4/1869, 2020-13
Identifier: 2020-13
Dates:
05/04/1869
Found in:
Rhode Island State Archives
