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Military Appointment of James Arlington Bennet, 12 April 1842

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James Arlington Bennet
21 Dec. 1788–25 Dec. 1863. Attorney, newspaper publisher, educator, author. Born in New York. Married first Sophia Smith, ca. 1811. Served as third and later second lieutenant in First U.S. Artillery, 1 Aug. 1813–14 Oct. 1814. Published American System of...
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, Hancock Co., IL, 12 Apr. 1842; in The Wasp, 30 Apr. 1842, [4].

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MILITARY APPOINTMENT.

, of , is hereby appointed Inspector General of the , with the rank and title of Major-General: his place to be supplied, when absent, by the Major-General of the Legion.

City of , Ill., April 12th, A. D. 1842.

JOSEPH SMITH, Lieutenant-General.

, Major-General. [p. [4]]