Execution of Hunt or Perkins may as yet be respited.
Document 1799McHenry discusses the impending execution of Sergeant Richard Hunt and allows for the possibility that the execution may as yet be overruled.
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Letter Signed
Description
McHenry discusses the impending execution of Sergeant Richard Hunt and allows for the possibility that the execution may as yet be overruled.
Date
07/25/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Department
Collection
Document number
1799072500000
Note
Cited in Hamilton to McHenry, 07/29/1799.
Notable persons
Alexander Hamilton
James McHenry
General Hamilton
Notable locations
War Department
Notable items
warrant under the signature of the President [Adams] and the seal of the War Office
execution of Richard Hunt, a sergeant in a company of the Second Regiment of Artillerists and Engineers, commanded by Captain James Stille
charge of desertion and carrying the money for their pay entrusted to him
sentenced to suffer death by a General Court Martial at the City Hall of the City of New York
discipline of the army
purposes of public justice
execution of Hunt or Perkins may yet respited