Petition to Congress
Document 1786Petition of Jonathan Morris to Congress concerning the case of his father's service in the army in the Revolutionary War
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[Petition of
Jonathan T. Morris
Read 15 June 1786
Referred to the Comr
of Army Accts to
report]
[February 4 1787]
No 22
Type
Document Signed
Description
Petition of Jonathan Morris to Congress concerning the case of his father's service in the army in the Revolutionary War
Date
06/15/1786
Author
Recipient
Document number
1786061591101
Notable persons
commissioner of army accounts
John Pierce
Congress of the United States of America
Jonathan Ford Morris
pay officer
father
British troops
auditor of New Jersey
Notable locations
New Jersey
Notable items
petition to Congress
account
vouchers
transactions
instructions
case
commission
troops
1775
liberties
service
winter of 1778
died
wound
pay, rations, forage
testimonials
settlement
demands
certificate
duty