By His Excellency Francis Gore, Lieutenant-Governor of the Province of Upper Canada, &c. &c. &c. ...

York, 1809. Ephemera. Very Good. No Binding. Broadside with seal and Royal Coat of arms at the top. 48 × 36 cm. Form used for commissioning officers, this copy filled out in manuscript to Christopher Alexander Hagerman of Lenox and in the Midland District, Quarter Master in the First Regiment of the Lenox Militia, commanded by Colonel Hazelton Spencer. Dated at York, 2 January 1809, and signed in manuscript by Francis Gore Lt Broadside with seal and Royal Coat of arms at the top. 48 × 36 cm. Form used for commissioning officers, this copy filled out in manuscript to Christopher Alexander Hagerman of Lenox and in the Midland District, Quarter Master in the First Regiment of the Lenox Militia, commanded by Colonel Hazelton Spencer. Dated at York, 2 January 1809, and signed in manuscript by Francis Gore Lt Governor, Wm Halton, Secretary, and inscribed to Hagerman. Laid paper with folds, a slight cut in one of the folds, and reinforced on the verso at three places with paper strips, otherwise very good. The only other known copy of this broadside form is located at the Metropolitan Toronto Library, Baldwin Room (48.4 × 37.3 cm, made out to Archibald MacDonell, Esquire Colonel in the First Regiment of Prince Edward Militia). Francis Gore (1769-3 November 1852) was a British officer and colonial administrator. After he retired with the rank of major, he was appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada from 1806 to 1811. Christopher Alexander Hagerman (28 March 1792-14 May 1847) was a Canadian militia officer, politician, and judge. In 1807, he began his career in his father's law offices at Kingston, Ont. He served in his father's militia regiment during the War of 1812, gaining the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. After the war he was appointed the position of Collector of Customs at Kingston, also representing the riding of Kingston in the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada. Called to the Bar of Upper Canada in 1815, in 1829 he was appointed solicitor general for the province, and in 1837 he became attorney general. A leading member and advocate of the Family Compact, he was appointed judge for the Court of Queen's Bench in 1840..