Certificate of Valor

Item

Type

Document Signed

Title

Certificate of Valor

Description

Official appointment of officer. Noted valor and loyalty.

year created

1788

recipient

in image

note

Enclosed in Cummings to McHenry, 03/28/1800.

notable person/group

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 location

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 item/thing

appointment
valor
loyalty
patriotism
conduct
fidelity

document number

1788999990101

page start

12

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Document instances

In image In source Location in source
[view document] (1 pages) ZCG05 (13 pages) Collection: Fred Manning Collection of Documents from Various Series in RG217. (RG217) F:13
[view document] (1 pages) ZCG12a (1 pages) Collection: Fred Manning Collection of Documents from Various Series in RG217. (RG217) F: 26

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author Delegates of United States [unknown] [n/a]
Recipient Joseph Cone [unknown] [n/a]