Givens, George, 1740-1825]]> Virginia. Militia]]> Virginia -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783]]> Military commissions]]> Virginia. Committee of Safety ]]> 1776-05-14]]> Cabell, William, 1730-1798]]> Carrington, Paul, 1733-1818]]> Digges, Dudley, 1718-1790]]> Lee, Thomas Ludwell, 1730-1778]]> May, David]]> Mercer, James, 1736-1793]]> Walker, Thomas, 1715-1794]]> MS1984.1]]> Custis, Daniel Parke, 1711-1757]]> Virginia. Militia]]> Military commissions]]> 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.

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Virginia. Lieutenant Governor (1751-1758 : Dinwiddie)]]> 1754-12-13]]> MS2002.5]]>
Mansergh-St. George, Richard St. George]]> Great Britain. Army. Regiment of Foot, 52nd]]> Military commissions]]> 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.

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Great Britain. Army]]> 1776-12-23]]> Howe, William Howe, Viscount, 1729-1814]]> MS2007.3]]>
Weedon, George, 1734-1793]]> United States. Continental Army. Virginia Regiment, 3rd]]> United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783]]> Virginia--History--Revolution, 1775-1783]]> Military commissions]]> United States. Continental Congress]]> 1776-02-13]]> Hancock, John, 1737-1793]]> Thomson, Charles, 1739-1824]]> MS2012.11]]> Bowyer, Michael, 1730-1809]]> Virginia--History--Revolution, 1775-1783]]> Military commissions]]> Virginia. Committee of Safety]]> 1775-11-11]]> MS1929.1.3]]> Bowyer, Michael, 1730-1809]]> United States. Continental Army. Virginia Regiment, 12th]]> Military commissions]]> United States. Continental Congress]]> 1776-09]]> MS1929.1.4]]>