Appointment of Nathan Fisher, Esq, as a Lieutenant Colonel in the Second Regiment

Appointment of Nathan Fisher, Esq, as a Lieutenant Colonel in the Second Regiment

Local history--Westborough (Mass.)

Westborough (Mass.)--Social life and customs

Appointment of Nathan Fisher, Esq, as a Lieutenant Colonel in the Second Regiment, signed by Governor John Hancock. Nathan Fisher eventually became Westborough’s first postmaster on March 6, 1811 and was the original owner of the “Nathan Fisher House,” which is now occupied by the Release Well-Being Center (2019). The document is signed by John Hancock with the same flourish he used to sign the Declaration of Independence.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts

10/16/1787

LH.013.OS.27

Massachusetts > Worcester (county) > Westborough

English

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