CAPTAIN OF LEXINGTON MINUTE MEN - BROOKS ORDERED THE FIRST OFFENSIVE ACTION TAKEN BY AMERICAN MILITIA AGAINST THE BRITISH

BROOKS, JOHN. Lieutenant Colonel during American Revolution; Gov. of Mass. Partly printed D.S. as Governor, 1 pge, folio, Boston, 1820. Also signed by Secty. of I Commonwealth, Alden Bradford. Paper seal intact. Fold Breaks, easily repairable, else line. Appointment of Obed Brooks as Justice of the Peace for Barnstable County. Witnessed on verso and signed by future Massachusetts Governor, John Davis and by Nathaniel Freeman, the distinguished surgeon, physician and extempore orator who was also an active patriot and soldier during the American Revolution. An interesting association item, with a line combination of signatures.