Commission to Hugh Welch
Overview
Legal document: commission in US Army: engraved form filled in by hand. Signed by James Monroe as President and J. C. Calhoun as Secretary of State.
Dates
- Creation: April 17, 1821
Creator
- United States. President (1817-1825 : Monroe) (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
None
Conditions Governing Use
Spencer Library staff may determine use restrictions dependent on the physical condition of manuscript materials.
Biography of Hugh P. Welch
US Army register, 1851-1879 lists Welch, Hugh P. and Whiting, Henry; Welch apptd 2nd Lt Corps of Artillary October 27, 1820; to 4th Artillery, June 1, 1821; tr to 1st Artillery August 16, 1821; resigned April 30, 1826. Appointed from Connecticut. Whiting apptd Cornet of 1st Light Dragoons, 1808...Capt in 5th Infantry March 3, 1817; tr to 1st Artillery June 1, 1821...Brevet Brig. General February 23, 1847; died September 16, 1851. (Another Capt Whiting was continuously in the Infantry; disbanded June 1, 1821). Same volume of the Register gives successive organizational charts. From 1815 to 1821 the artillery consisted of 1 regiment of light artillery, and 1 Corps of Artillery: 4,743 men in all. From March 2, 1821 the artillery consistd only of 4 regiments: 2,184 men.
Extent
1 folder (1 leaf.) : On parchment. Applied paper seal of War Office (diamond-shaped paper). ; 27.8 cm x 41 cm.
Language of Materials
English
Scope and Contents
Signed by James Monroe as President and J. C. Calhoun as Secretary of State. Appnts Hugh P. Welch 2nd Lieutenant in the Corps of Artillery as of October 27, 1820."2nd Lt Welch" "H Whitings Comp" "4 H", illegible, parallel with left edge, "P..Vol 2 Pag 52 Adj ... Gen Off...".
Physical Location
MS Q2:10
Custodial History
Presumably acquired with MS Q2:5 (Welch's commission as Ensign, 99th Regiment of Infantry in Ny Militia, 1816).
Additional Information
Ultra-violet did not bring up the illegible annotation, nor reveal anything peculiar about either signature.
Processing Information
Fold-marks indicate formerly kept as 20.11 x 9.6 cm packet.
Subject
- Welch, Hugh (Person)
- Monroe, James, 1758-1831 (Person)
- Calhoun, James C. (James Caldwell), 1782-1850 (Person)
Geographic
- Title
- Guide to the American Presidential Legal Documents Collection
- Subtitle
- Commission to Hugh Welch
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by alh, June 27, 1979. Finding aid encoded by mg, 2005.
- Date
- 2005
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Finding aid written in<language encodinganalog="language">English.</language>
- Finding aid permalink
- http://hdl.handle.net/10407/1160409571
- Preferred citation
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American Presidential Legal Documents Collection, Department of Special Collections, MS Q2:10, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas Libraries
Repository Details
Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository