Petition of Elkanah Prentice
Document 1794Knox addresses the United States Senate regarding the petition of Elkanah Prentice. Prentice claims he sustained injuries to his leg due to hardship and fatigue, which left him a cripple for life. Knox suggests that Prentice may be entitled to benefits provided by the Resolve of Congress 23 April 1782 if he can produce evidence of the discharge papers that placed him on the invalid list.
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The Secretary for the Department of War to whom was referred the petition of Elkanah Prentice with instructions to examine the same, and report his opinion thereon, respectfully
Reports,
That the petitioner states, that in the commencement of the late war with Great Britain he enlisted in the fourth Regiment of Massachusetts, in the service of the United States, that in consequence of the hardships and fatigue he suffered in the army he contracted a fit of sickness which terminated in a fever, sore or ulcer in his left leg, which has been pronounced by the
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Copy of Signed Document
Description
Knox addresses the United States Senate regarding the petition of Elkanah Prentice. Prentice claims he sustained injuries to his leg due to hardship and fatigue, which left him a cripple for life. Knox suggests that Prentice may be entitled to benefits provided by the Resolve of Congress 23 April 1782 if he can produce evidence of the discharge papers that placed him on the invalid list.
Date
04/03/1794
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Department
Document number
1794040300101
Page start
1
Notable persons
Henry Knox
Fourth Regiment of Massachusetts
Commander in Chief
infirm persons
Notable locations
War Department
Massachusetts
New England
Notable items
late war with Great Britain
hardships and fatigue
fit of sickness
fever, sore, or ulcer in his left leg
cripple for life
benefits of the Resolve of Congress of 23rd April 1782
unfit for further duty
field or garrison
no evidence
discharge
invalid list
mode of obtaining recruits
high bounties
rigid inspection of their fitness
inspection of the invalids
pension