Report on David Henley
Document 1786Report on the accounts of Colonel David Henley for his service during the Revolutionary War.
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deem [undecipherable] for commutation [undecipherable] &
[undecipherable] that has not being removed to any [undecipherable]
the Service, ought to enable him to be considered as an
Officer of the line in [undecipherable] and not as belonging
to any particular State, which [undecipherable] given upon
being acknowledged, will [undecipherable] from it, he being
offered by the [undecipherable] consent of [undecipherable] and [undecipherable]
late in the end of December 31. [undecipherable] which has given
the [undecipherable]:
Your [undecipherable] on considering the [undecipherable]
ing cannot consider it as conclusive, because
[undecipherable]
the Commission on which he founds his claim,
[undecipherable] is the highest evidence
[undecipherable] [undecipherable] to any [undecipherable], and the public
Officers are therefore obliged to consider him in the
same light as the other Officers of the [undecipherable] at
that time — the only difference between them is
that he became as [undecipherable] any in the [undecipherable]
at a much earlier period than the others, the
it could not take places, in the [undecipherable]
general [undecipherable] sound, until any arrangement under the
[undecipherable] authority of [undecipherable]
[Aug 28 1803 / [undecipherable] / [undecipherable]]
[FAB / [undecipherable] / SHES / N ENG]
Type
Contemporary Copy of Letter
Description
Report on the accounts of Colonel David Henley for his service during the Revolutionary War.
Date
08/28/1786
Author
Recipient
Repository
Document number
1786082821001
Page start
2
Notable persons
John Pierce
Colonel David Henley
commissioners
army
Colonel of Regiment of Foot
congress
commander in chief
Massachusetts Line
supernumerary officer
Notable locations
Massachusetts
Office of Army Accounts
Notable items
settlement
accounts
memorial
service
commutation
commission
Revolutionary War
