Regarding punishment of Captain Davis
Document 1800Discussion on legal issues and punishment of Captain Davis regarding unspecified offenses. States that President Adams will not be inattentive to the maxim of Seneca. By the "maxim of Seneca," the author invokes the Latin phrase "let justice be done though the heavens fall."
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Letter Signed
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Discussion on legal issues and punishment of Captain Davis regarding unspecified offenses. States that President Adams will not be inattentive to the maxim of Seneca. By the "maxim of Seneca," the author invokes the Latin phrase "let justice be done though the heavens fall."
Date
03/20/1800
Recipient
Sent from
Harper's Ferry
Repository
Collection
Document number
1800032040101
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Notable persons
James McHenry
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney
Captain Davis
attorney general
officer
President John Adams
Secretary of War
Colonel Parham
Colonel Parker
8th Regiment
tyrants
two councils
Seneca
Notable locations
Harper's Ferry
Northwestern Territory
Canada
Notable items
officer dismissal
presidential authority
legal remedy
guilty
punishment
mitigation
trial
maxim of Seneca