Messages and Letters of William Henry Harrison/John Gibson to Peter Menard Commission as major in the militia

by John Gibson

Commission of Peter Menard

August 1, 1800

Fergus Historical Series, 31, Early Illinois, 30

By John Gibson, Esq'r. Secretary and now acting as Governor and Commander in Chief of the Indiana Territory:

United States Indiana Territory

To Peter Menard, Esq'r. of the County of Randolph, Greeting:

You being Appointed a Major of a Regiment of the Militia in said County. By Virtue of the power Vested in me; I do by these presents, (reposing special Trust and Confidence in your Loyalty; Courage and Good Conduct) Commission you accordingly; You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the duty of a Major in leading, ordering and exercising said Regiment 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 Major. And you are yourself to observe and follow such orders and Instructions as you shall from time to time receive from me or your Superior Officers:

Given under my hand and the seal of said Territory, the (Seal) first day of August in the Year of our Lord one Thousand Eight hundred and of the Independence of the United States of America, the Twenty-fifth.

Jno. Gibson

(Endorsed:) Peter Menard, Esq'r, Major