Petition of Thomas Holton
Document 1794Knox addresses the United States Senate regarding the petitions of Lieutenant Jonathan Holton, wounded at Barrington in 1777 and placed on the New Hampshire pension list. Knox concludes that, though the wound may not be extremely injurioius, to withdraw the pension assigned Holton by the State of New Hampshire would signal a parsimony unfavorable to the national reputation.
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The Secretary for the Department of War, to whom was referred the Petition of Jonathan Holton, with instruction to examine the same and report his - - - opinion thereon, respectfully
Reports
That Jonathan Holton states that he was a Lieutenant in the late War, and was wounded in the action at Bennington in the year
Type
Copy of Signed Document
Description
Knox addresses the United States Senate regarding the petitions of Lieutenant Jonathan Holton, wounded at Barrington in 1777 and placed on the New Hampshire pension list. Knox concludes that, though the wound may not be extremely injurioius, to withdraw the pension assigned Holton by the State of New Hampshire would signal a parsimony unfavorable to the national reputation.
Date
03/13/1794
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Department
Repository
Document number
1794031300101
Page start
1
Notable persons
Henry Knox: Lieutenant Jonathan Holton
General Court
Congress
sworn Physicians of the City of Philadelphia
petitioner
Secretary of War
physicians
Notable locations
War Department
Bennington
Vermont
New Hampshire
Notable items
Lieutenant in the late war
pension list
arrears of his pension
Claims to invalid pensions
certificates and affidavits
wounds
swelling in his face
labour
livelihood
depositions
parsimony
national reputation
petition
Revolutionary War
War for Independence
wounded in action
application