Petition of Robert Connelly
Document 1794Knox addresses the Unitedhis service during the American Revolutionary War in which he claims that a cold which he contracted in 1775 resulted in blindness and poverty twelve years later.
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The Secretary for the Department of War to whom was referred the petition of Robert Connolly, with instructions to examine the same and report his opinion thereon, respectfully
Reports,
That the case of the petitioner was in the year 1791 a subject of the subscribers anxious enquiry, as will appear by the copy of a Report made to the House of Representatives, hereunto annexed.
That it is to be observed the Petitioners time of service ceased in May 1776 and he discharged from the army. That the British troops did not enter the City of New York until the month of September following. That whether he was taken a prisoner or joined the British troops, are circumstances not particularly ascertained. That as he then was a private individual unconnected with the service, it would rather appear that his continuance in New York had been optional, as unequivocal circumstances for some time a
Type
Copy of Signed Document
Description
Knox addresses the Unitedhis service during the American Revolutionary War in which he claims that a cold which he contracted in 1775 resulted in blindness and poverty twelve years later.
Date
03/14/1794
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Department
Document number
1794031400001
Page start
1
Notable persons
Henry Knox
Robert Connelly
House of Representatives
British troops
prisoner
New York
Notable locations
War Department
New Orleans
Notable items
subscriber's anxious inquiry
petitioner's time of service
hardships he underwent in New York
employment
petitioner's claim
poverty
blindness
a cold which the petitioner alleges to have