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Culture:American
Title:document: commission of Rufus Flynt
Date Made:1802
Type:Book/Manuscript/Document
Materials:paper, ink
Place Made:United States; Massachusetts
Accession Number:  HD 64.092
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield

Description:
Commission of Rufus Flynt as Captain, August 1802 signed by Governor Caleb Strong (1744/5-1819). Born and died in Northampton, Mass., Strong graduated from Harvard in 1764 and was admitted to the bar in 1772. He was a member of the General Court during the Revolution and the Northampton Committee of Safety; county attorney from 1776-1800; member of the state consitutional convention in 1779; state senator from 1780-1789; U.S. senator from 1789-1796; and Massachusetts governor from 1800-1807 and 1812-1816.

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