Certificate of Valor
Document 1788Official appointment of officer. Noted valor and loyalty.
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I Do hereby certify, that [undecipherable: Lieut. Joseph] bone of Col. James [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Regiment
did take the Cath of Allegiance to the United States of America, as pre[strikethrough: scribed by a Resolve of Cong——], bearing date the 3d of February, 1778.
In Witness whereof, I have signed and delivered the present Certificate.
[undecipherable: H. Conway III??]
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Type
Document Signed
Description
Official appointment of officer. Noted valor and loyalty.
Date
1788
Recipient
Document number
1788999990101
Page start
12
Note
Enclosed in Cummings to McHenry, 03/28/1800.
Notable persons
Joseph Cone
John Hancock
Taylor
Delegates
officer
Jonathan Cumming
James McHenry
Secretary of War
refugee from Canada
commander in chief
committee of congress
army
Thomson
Secretary of Congress
Notable locations
Newark New Jersey
Canada
Congress
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Massachusetts Bay
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New York
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Maryland
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Notable items
appointment
valor
loyalty
patriotism
conduct
fidelity