1781, Lt. Colonel Thomas Grosvenor, Bunker Hill Hero, Signed Soldier Orders
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This item is a wonderful, original document dated 1781, where Lt. Colonel Thomas Grosvenor has certified that Jacob Wood served in the 3rd Connecticut Regiment.A second document signed by Jacob Wood as having received payment for his services.Each document is about 4x6 inches, overall very good condition.Thomas Grosvenor served as lieutenant under Captain Brown during the Revolutionary War. At the battle of Bunker Hill, although wounded in the right hand (which he bound with a white cr...avat) he continued to lead his company into battle, holding his sword in his left hand, despite the efforts of his Negro servant to draw him from the field. This scene, painted by the artist John Trumbull, hangs on a wall at Yale University. He entered the army as Lieut; was wounded at Bunker Hill; captain Continental infantry, 1776; major, 1777; lieutenant colonel, 1778, and retired, 1783, as Lieut colonel commandant. Served through the war and was a member of the Society of the Cincinnati.Please view the other historical and Civil War related documents I'll be listing this week.SEE SCAN.I now accept PAYPAL but PREFER other forms of traditional paper payment. Buyer pays shipping(usually FREE within the US and $12 for International), payment must be received within 5 days.
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