The Justice of My Present Request
Document 1799Osborne explains the circumstances which caused him to be placed under arrest for disobeying a senior officer. He wants to be tried by senior officers and not by his peers.
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Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Osborne explains the circumstances which caused him to be placed under arrest for disobeying a senior officer. He wants to be tried by senior officers and not by his peers.
Date
01/29/1799
Author
Recipient
Repository
Collection
Document number
1799012940001
Note
Partially illegible.
Syrett listed this document in the Appendix to Vol. 22. Enclosed in McHenry to Hamilton 01/30/1799.
Notable persons
James McHenry
Samuel Osborne
Major Hoops
Adjutant
Capt. [Frederick] Frye
George Massey, Master of the barge
Capt. Henry
Private Sentinal
the baker
Commanding Officer
his detachment
Court of Young Officers
officers of the 2nd Regiment
Notable locations
Fort Jay
Notable items
complaints
justice
sense of injury
specification of the charges
agonizing suspense
malice
permission from Capt. Frye
barge
dock
return to the Island
disobedience of orders
epaulets
shoulders
my conduct in this business
motives
obedience to my commanding officer
my duty toward the sick
hospital
bread
rigid accounting of my conduct