Sold – John Hancock, President of the Continental Congress, Appoints an Officer Who Would Later Be Wounded at the Battle of White Plains
John Hancock, 1776
Document Signed as President of the Continental Congress, Philadelphia, January 1, 1776, on behalf of “the United Colonies,” appointing “John Chadwick, Gentleman,” to be “First Lieutenant of Capt. Nathan Peters’ Co. in the 3rd Regiment of Foot, commanded by Col. Ebenezer Learned.” The document is countersigned by Charles Thomson, Secretary...
John Hancock, 1776
Document Signed as President of the Continental Congress, Philadelphia, January 1, 1776, on behalf of “the United Colonies,” appointing “John Chadwick, Gentleman,” to be “First Lieutenant of Capt. Nathan Peters’ Co. in the 3rd Regiment of Foot, commanded by Col. Ebenezer Learned.” The document is countersigned by Charles Thomson, Secretary of Congress.
Chadwick’s unit formed part of the Massachusetts Line of the Continental Army. By the end of the Siege of Boston, General Washington had given Learned’s command the task of defending the important Dorchester Heights position. Before the British evacuated Boston, Learned served as a courier between Washington and British General Howe. On March 17, 1776, as the British left, Learned and his men were the first to enter the city. After that the regiment participated in the New York campaign. Chadwick was wounded at the Battle of White Plains and unable to continue in the service. He was honorably discharged.
As many of these types of documents as we have seen over the decades, this is the first we have had, or can recall, appointing a man who would be killed or wounded in battle in the Revolutionary War.

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