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To George Washington from the Massachusetts Council, 1 November 1775

From the Massachusetts Council

[Watertown, Mass.] 1 November 1775. Recommends officers in the regiment commanded by Lt. Col. William Bond for commissions.1

LS, signed by James Otis, Sr., DLC:GW.

1. William Bond (d. 1776) was lieutenant colonel of the Massachusetts regiment formerly commanded by Col. Thomas Gardner. Bond served as colonel of the 25th Continental Infantry from 1 Jan. 1776 until his death the following August. For commissions for his regiment, see also Bond to GW, 26 Nov. 1775.

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    “To George Washington from the Massachusetts Council, 1 November 1775,” Founders Online, National Archives, last modified June 29, 2017, http://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-02-02-0256. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 2, 16 September 1775 – 31 December 1775, ed. Philander D. Chase. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1987, p. 278.]