Physician and signer of the Declaration of Independence from New Hampshire (1729-1795) who served as that state's governor from 1790 to 1794. Partly-printed DS, one page, 14.5 x 12.25, November 17, 1793. As governor of New Hampshire, Josiah Bartlett appoints William Brown as "Captain of the eighth company in the fifth Regiment of Militia, in the said State of New-Hampshire." Boldly signed at the conclusion by Governor Josiah Bartlett, and countersigned by Secretary Joseph Pearson. Also endorsed in the left margin in 1799 by a captain general, accepting Brown's resignation. The embossed paper seal affixed to the upper left remains fully intact. Impressively cloth-matted and framed with a portrait and biographical caption to an overall size of 33 x 24.5. In very good to fine condition, with splitting to the folds apparently repaired on the reverse (not examined out of the frame).
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