Court Martial of Individual Officers and Soldiers
Document 1800Encloses the proceedings of a court martial in the case of Lieutenant Hoffman and asks it be passed along to the President so that he may approve the sentence. He notes that Hoffman's family is well connected and they might prefer his name and sentence not be published.
100%
⇣
No human transcription currently available for this document.
Machine transcription not yet available for this document.
Type
Letter Signed
Description
Encloses the proceedings of a court martial in the case of Lieutenant Hoffman and asks it be passed along to the President so that he may approve the sentence. He notes that Hoffman's family is well connected and they might prefer his name and sentence not be published.
Date
02/18/1800
Author
Recipient
Sent from
New York
Repository
Collection
Document number
1800021840001
Page start
3
Note
Enclosed in James McHenry to John Adams, 02/19/1800. Syrett listed this document in the Appendix to Vol. 24.
Notable persons
James McHenry
Alexander Hamilton
Lieutenant Hoffman
President
Notable locations
New York
Notable items
court martial
sentence
articles of war
publication