Release of Elijah Howell from Confinement
Document 1795Pickering authorizes the release from confinement of Elijah Howell, a deserter from Captain Pratt's detachment at Middletown.
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War Office March 2. 1795.
Sir,
I have received your letter of the 23d ulto in which you express your opinion that of Elijah Howell, a deserter from Captain Pratt's detachment at Middletown, should be released from confinement, he would now continue in Service. — Let him be released. A confinement since the middle of October is punishment for an inconsiderate young man
[see signature of Timothy Pickering on back]
Captain William Eaton
[Secretary of War
March 2. 95
Recd. 12th
Pickering Howell
War Department
T. Pickering
FREE
Captain William Eaton
Springfield
Massachusetts]
Type
Letter Signed
Description
Pickering authorizes the release from confinement of Elijah Howell, a deserter from Captain Pratt's detachment at Middletown.
Date
03/02/1795
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Office
Repository
Collection
Document number
1795030200201
Page start
1
Note
The signature is not shown.
Notable persons
William Eaton
Timothy Pickering
Elijah Howell
Captain Pratt's detachment
Notable locations
Springfield, Massachusetts
War Office
Middletown
Notable items
confinement since the middle of October