THE CONGRESS OF THE COLONY OF THE
MASSACHUSETTS-BAY
To Gamalial Whiting Gentleman, GREETING.
WE, reposing especial Trust and Confidence in your Courage and good
Conduct,
Do, by these Presents, constitute and appoint you the said Gamaliel
Whiting
to be Lieutenant of the
Foot Company in the
Regiment of Foot whereof John Fellows Esr is Coel raised by the
Congress
aforesaid, for the Defense of said Colony.
You are, therefore, carefully and diligently to discharge the Duty of a
Lieutenant
in leading, ordering, and excercising the said Company in Arms, both inferior
Officers
and Soldiers, and to keep them in good Order and Discipline; and they are
hereby
commanded to obey you as their Lieut., and you
are yourself to observe and
follow such Orders and Instructions as you shall, from Time to Time, receive
from the
General and Commander in Chief of the Forces raised in the Colony aforesaid,
for the
Defense of the same, or any other superior Officers, according to military
Rules and
Discipline in War, in Pursuance of the Trust reposed in you.
By Order of the Congress,
Dated, the 19th of May A.D. 1775
Note the word "Lieut." He served as Captain;
that officer resigning and leaving the company at
Springfield on the march to
Boston.
[These lines were probably added later.]
Suffolk:Ss : Roxbury 13 June 1775:
Personally appeared Gamalial Whiting and Took
and repeated the Oath presented by Congress to be
taken and Subscribed by the officers of the
Massachusetts
army: Before me --