Captain of Artillery during Revolutionary War. WAR DATED, January 20 1783, autograph document signed "Thos Merriweather" with flourish, 6.25x4, approving payment of land for officer in Continental Army, in part: “I do certify that Captain Drury Ragsdale is entitle to the proportion of land allowed a Captain of Artillery in the Continental Line for Military Service...” Found on eBay, May 2006.