THE COMMITTEE OF SAFETY FOR THE COLONY OF VIRGINIA
To George Givins, Gent
BY Virtue of the Power and Authority invested in us, by the Delegates and Representatives of the several Counties and Corporations in General Convention assembled, we, reposing especial Trust and Confidence in your Patriotism, Fidelity, Courage, and good Conduct, do, by these Presents, constitute and appoint you to be a Captain of the Militia of the County of Botetourt ; and you are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the Trust reposed in you, by disciplining all Officers and Soldiers under your Command. And we do hereby require them to obey you, as their Captain . And you are to observe and follow all such Orders and Directions as you shall from Time to Time receive from the Convention, the Committee of Safety for the Time being, or any superiour Officers, according to the Rules and Regulations established by the Convention.
GIVEN under our Hands, at Williamsburg This
14th Day of May - ANNO DOMINI 1776.
Dudley Digges
P. Carrington
Js. Mercer
Thos. Lud: Lee
W: Cabell
Thomas Walker
Capt. Geo. Givins May 1776
Sworn in before the Committee
D May
Custis was a wealthy planter and politician who owned several properties including one in Williamsburg, Virginia. He was the first husband of Martha Dandridge who married George Washington after Custis's death.
The commission was displayed in the Clash of Empires exhibit, an NEH supported exhibition at the Senator John Heinz Regional History Center, from May, 2005 to July, 2007.
]]>Commission appointing Daniel Parke Custis Lieutenant and commander of milita for New Kent County, Virginia. The commission is signed by Lieutenant Governor Robert Dinwiddie, dated December 13, 1754.
Custis was a wealthy planter and politician who owned several properties including one in Williamsburg, Virginia. He was the first husband of Martha Dandridge who married George Washington after Custis's death.
The commission was displayed in the Clash of Empires exhibit, an NEH supported exhibition at the Senator John Heinz Regional History Center, from May, 2005 to July, 2007.
Robert Dinwiddie, Esqr; His Majesty's Lieutenant Governor & Commander in Chief of the
Colony & Dominion Virginia -
To Daniel Park Custus Esqr:
By Virtue of the Authority and Power to me given by His Majesty, as Commander in Chief
of this HIs Colony and Dominion , I, reposing special Trust & Confidence in Your Loyalty, Courage & Conduct, do
hereby constitute and appoint you the said Daniel Park Custus to be Lieutenant of the County of New Kent
& Chief Commander of His Majesty's Militia, Horse and Foot, in the said County of New Kent - And I do give
unto you full Power and Authority, to Command, Levy, Arm, and Muster, all Persons which are or shall be
liable to be levied & listed in the said County. You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the Duty of
Lieutenant and Chief Commander of the Militia, by doing & performing all, and all Manner of Things therewith
belonging, particularly by taking Care that the said Militia be well provided with Arms and Ammunition as
the Laws of this Colony directs : And that all Officers & Soldiers be duly exercised and kept in good Order and
Dicipline. And in Case of any sudden Disturbance or Invasion, I do likewise impower you to raise, order,
and march, all, or such Part of the Militia, as to you shall seem meet, for resisting and subduing the
Enemy ; And I do hereby command all the Officers and Soldiers of His Majesty's Militia, in the said County,
to obey you as their Lieutenant, or Chief Commander, and you are to observe and follow such Orders
and Directions, from Time to TIme, as you shall receive from me, or the Commander in Chief of this
Colony for the Time being, or from any other your Superior Officer, according to the Rules and Dicipline of War.
Mansergh was horribly wounded at the Battle of Germantown on October 4, 1777. A surgeon removed a portion of his skull which was then covered with a silver plate. Mansergh retired from the military in 1785. We was killed in Ireland during the uprising in 1798.
The commission was on display at the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia as part of the exhibit: Cost of Revolution: The Life and Death of an Irish Soldier from September 28, 2019 through March 17, 2020.
]]>William Howe signed military commission dated December 23, 1776 appointing Richard St. George Mansergh St. George lieutenant in the 52nd Regiment of Foot. The British Army under Howe was at that time stationed in New York City.
Mansergh was horribly wounded at the Battle of Germantown on October 4, 1777. A surgeon removed a portion of his skull which was then covered with a silver plate. Mansergh retired from the military in 1785. We was killed in Ireland during the uprising in 1798.
The commission was on display at the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia as part of the exhibit: Cost of Revolution: The Life and Death of an Irish Soldier from September 28, 2019 through March 17, 2020.
By His Excellency The Honorable William Howe,
General and Commander in Chief of all His Majesty's Forces within the Colonies laying on
the Atlantic Ocean from Nova Scotia to West Florida inclusive &. &. &.
To Richard St. George Mansergh St. George Gent.
By Virtue of the Power and Authority in me vested, I do hereby constitute and
appoint you to be Lieutenant to that Company whereof Esqr. is Captain in His
Majesty's Fifty Second Regiment of Foot. Commanded by Lieutenant General John Clavering.
You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the Duty of Lieutenant, by exercising and well disciplining both
the inferior Officers and Soldiers of that Company ; And I do hereby command them to obey you as their Lieutenant.
And you are to observe and follow such Orders and Directions from Time to Time as you may receive from your Colonel,
Captain or any other your superior Officer, According to the Rules and Discipline of War, in pursuance of the Trust hereby
reposed in you. Given under my Hand and Seal at Head Quarters in New York the Twenty third Day of December,
One Thosand Seven Hundred and Seventy Six, in the Seventeenth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Third,
by the Grace of God of Great Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith and so forth.
W Howe
By His Excellency's Command,
Robert Mackenzie
Richd. St. George Mansergh St. George Gent.
Lieutenant
52nd Regiment of Foot.
IN CONGRESS.
The DELEGATES of the UNITED COLONIES of New-Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, Rhode-Island, Con-
necticut, New-York, New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, the Counties of New-Castle, Kent, and Sussex on
Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North-Carolina, South-Carolina, and Georgia, to
George Weedon Esquire
WE reposing especial Trust and Confidence in your Patriotism, Valour, Conduct and Fidelity,
DO by these Presents, constitute and appoint you to be Lieutenant Colonell
of the Third Battalion of Virginia Forces
Number Three
in the Army of the United Colonies raised for the defence of American Liberty, and for repelling every
hostile Invasion thereof. You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the Duty of Lieutenant
Colonell, by doing and performing all Manner of Things thereunto belonging. And we do strictly
charge and require all Officers and Soldiers under your Command, to be obedient to your Orders as
Lieutenant Colonell, And you are to observe and follow such Orders and Directions from
Time to Time, as you shall receive from this or a future Congress of the United Colonies, or Committee
of Congress, for that Purpose appointed, or Commander in Chief for the Time being of the Army of
the United Colonies, or any other your superior Officer, according to the Rules and Discipline of War,
in Pursuance of the Trust reposed in you. This Commission to continue in Force until revoked by this
or a future Congress. Philadelphia February 13th: 1776.
By Order of the Congress
John Hancock PRESIDENT.
Attest. Cha Thomson Secy
THE COMMITTEE OF SAFETY FOR THE COLONY OF VIRGINIA
BY Virtue of the Power and Authority invested in us, by the Delegates and Representatives of the several Counties and Corporations
in General Convention assembled, we, reposing especial Trust and Confidence in your Patriotism, Fidelity, Courage, and good
Conduct, do, by these Presents, constitute and appoint you to be Captain of a Company
of the Militia of the County of Augusta; and you are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the Trust
reposed in you, by disciplining all Officers and Soldiers under your Command. And we do hereby require them to obey you as their
Captain. And you are to observe and follow all such Orders and Directions as you shall
from Time to Time receive from the Convention, the Committee of Safety for the Time being, or any superiour Officers, according to
the Rules and Regulations established by the Convention.
GIVEN under our hands at Williamsburg this 11th
Day of November ANNO DOMINI 1775.
Edmd Pendleton
John Page
Thos. Lud Lee
P. Carrington
Dudley Digges
IN CONGRESS.
The DELEGATES of the UNITED STATES OF New-Hampshire, Massachusetts-Bay,
Rhode-Island, Connecticut, New-York, New-Jers[ey, Pen]nsylvania, the Counties of New-Castle, Kent
and Sussex on Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, N[orth-Car]olina, South-Carolina, and Georgia, TO
Michael Bowyer [torn, illegible]
WE, reposing especial Trust and Conf[idence in your] Patriotism, Valour, Conduct and Fidelity,
DO, by these Presents, constitute [and appoint y]ou to be a Captain in the
12th. Regiment from the State [of Virg]inia
in the Army of the United States, raised for the Defence of American Liberty, and for repelling every [host]ile Invasion thereof. You are the[refore] carefully and diligently to disch[arge] the Duty of a
Captain by doing and performing all manner of Things thereunto belonging. And we do strictly
charge and require all Officers and Soldiers under your Command, to be obedient to your Orders as a
Capt[ain.] And you are to observe and follow such Orders and Directions from Time to
Time, as you sh[a]ll receive from this or a future Congress of the United State[s], or Committee of Congress,
for that Purpos[e] appointed, or Commander in Chief for the Time being of the Army of the United States,
or any other yo[ur] superior Officer, according to th[e] [Rules] and Discipline of War, in Pursuance of the
Trust reposed i[n yo]u. This Commission to continue in Force until revoked by this or a future Congress. Dated at the [torn, illegible] Day of September AD. 1776. Seventy Six.
[By] Order of the [Congress]
John Ha[ncock PRESIDENT.]
[AT]TEST [Chas Thomson Secy