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 Give Mrs. Harrison's and my best regards to Mrs. Findlay and to Smith and all our mutual friends.



 August 1, 1800 Fergus Historical Series, 31, Early Illinois, 30 By, Esq'r. Secretary and now acting as Governor and Commander in Chief of the Indiana Territory:

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:), Esq'r, Major

 Executive Journal of Indiana Territory, 2 The Governor Issued a proclamation for the meeting of the legislature, and requiring the attendance of the judges of the territory, on Monday the 12th of this instant at St. Vincennes for the purpose of adopting and publishing such laws, as the