United States. A Commission Document, To Lieutenant Billings, 3Rd Regiment, Massachusetts Militia 1818 Archive and “This lad was in

and “This lad was in the HJ - Bill” written on the reverse

and British War Medal (MAJOR

Measuring 227 mm (w) x 295 mm (h)

particularly in the percussion arms of the pre-Civil War period

accompanied by its package of issue

United States. A Commission Document, To Lieutenant Billings, 3Rd Regiment, Massachusetts Militia 1818 Archive and “This lad was inInside panel with the embossed Seal of the State of Massachusetts at the upper left, inscribed "HIS EXCELLENCY JOHN BROOKS, GOVERNOR AND COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. To James Billings Gentleman, GREETING: YOU being elected on the eighteenth day of May A. D. one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, to be Lieutenant of a Company in the third Regiment of Infantry, in the first Brigade, and third Division, of the Militia of