1823 antique VERMONT MILITIA CERT Monroe Light Infantry PIERCE signed VanNESS
This listing is for the original 1848 Vermont Militia Document/Certificate for Leut Jones of the Monroe Light Infantry, Third Regiment First Brigade First Division .
Signed by Governor Cornelius P. Van Ness and Secretary D. Kellogg
From Wiki: Cornelius Peter Van Ness (January 26, 1782 – December 15, 1852) was an American politician and diplomat who served as the 10th Governor of Vermont from 1823 to 1826 and Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Kingdom of Spain from 1829 to 1836. Van Ness was a Democratic-Republican and later a Democrat.
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