Commission Errors

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[undecipherable] , that he is returned on the arrangement of the Georgia line, as having Burned his Commission in disgust to the disservice That the Commission which came enclosed in your letter appears to have been given originally to some other person of a different rank, whose name has been erased, and that of Edward Wood inserted in the place of it. and that by a resolution of Congress limiting the initiation of all army [undecipherable] 1780 [undecipherable]

Type

Contemporary Copy of Letter

Description

Discusses an officer in the Georgia line who burned his commission, and that there may have been errors in the commissions.

Date

09/04/1797

Recipient

Sent from

New York

Document number

1787090421201

Page start

1

Note

Partly illegible.

Notable persons

James Wood
Joseph Howell
Edward Wood

Notable locations

Georgia
New York

Notable items

burned
commission
name has been erased
resolution of Congress