Captain Sever's Commission Signed by President John Adams-- Part 1

From CopBlock "1798 John Adams signed naval commission frigate USS Congress birth of U.S.Navy."

Offered for $24,000.

President John Adams (1735-1826), second U.S. president, appoints on 5/11/1797, James Sever as Captain of the USS Congress, one of 6 war frigates started by the U.S. Navy under the Naval Act of 1794.

Professionally framed  in museum glass and with an early engraving of John Adams.

Frame measures 23" by 18.5".  Document is in excellent condition and signature is very strong.  Includes JSA Letter of Authenticity.

--Brock-Perry

The Plattsburgh Barracks-- Part 1: The War of 1812 Pewter Button

On Tuesday's blog entry, I mentioned that a War of 1812 button had been discovered during the erection of new wooden bunkhouses at the Plattsburgh Barracks in Plattsburgh, New York, in 1917.  The barracks were being built as the United States ramped up for World War I.

This was taken from the July 24, 2017, Plattsburgh Press-Republican "Look-Back July 24 to July 31."

Artifacts were discovered in the construction  "Among those are a pewter button that no doubt dates from the War of 1812 because similar ones have been found upon the site of battlefields in Canada."

Plattsburgh, of course was the site of the big War of 1812 victory at the Battle of Lake Champlain/Battle of Plattsburgh.

--Brock-Perry