Fort Malden National Historic Site of Canada

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Military Commission

A commission, in a military sense, is a warrant conferring the authority by which an officer acts in his post. Commissioned Officers are appointed by the King and rank above sergeant. British Officers, usually members of the Upper Class, often purchased their commissions from the King and enjoyed a great deal of privilege in the army. This blank commission may be photocopied (enlarge 50% for 8 ½ by 11). The original commission is in the Fort Malden collection, from which the blank copy was derived. Blanks read in order: Trusty and well beloved Theobald Hunt Gent(leman); Lieutenant to that company whereof ____Esq. is Captain in our Seventieth, or Surrey Regiment of Foot, commanded by Our right Trusty and right Welbeloved Cousin General John Earl of Suffolk; Lieutant; company; colonel; St. James'; Twenty First, March 1805; Forty Fifth.

• Reading Lists
• Detroit Campaign 1812
• Plan of Fort Amherstburg on the Military Reserve Showing the Relative position of the Barrack 1840
• Sketch of the Military Reserve at Amherstburg 1840
• Military Commission
• Louisa Kingsmill Cookbook
• Chronology of the War of 1812 on the Detroit River
• Sketch of the Military Post at Amherstburg 1804
• Speech of Tecumseh
• Military Life in the Brick Barrack
• Retreat from Fort Amherstburg and the Battle of the Thames
• The Battle of Lake Erie
• The Battle of Frenchtown (River Raisin)