Certificates for a Soldier
Item
Type
Recipient's Letterbook Copy
Title
Certificates for a Soldier
Description
The author requests that the appropriate Certificates be sent to a young man who was an exemplary soldier when assigned to his Company.
year created
1786
month created
05
day created
18
author
sent from location
Philadelphia
recipient
in collection
in image
notable person/group
Joseph Howell
Matthew McConnell
a young man who was a very good soldier
my own company
notable location
Philadelphia
notable item/thing
power of attorney
his Certificates
the very first post
the discharge which I send on
a circumstance that there is no depreciation
notable phrase
I beg to trouble you once more in behalf in behalf [sic] of a young man who was a very good soldier in my own company
document number
1786051870055
page start
32
transcription
Philadelphia 18th May 1786.
Dear Sir,
I beg leave to trouble you once more in behalf in behalf of a young man who was a very good Soldier in my own Company I have endorsed his power of attorney, and request you will send his Certificate by the very first post as he is waiting also the discharge which I send on as a circumstance that there is no depreciation
I am &c
Matthew Mc.Connell
Cap. Howell.
Dear Sir,
I beg leave to trouble you once more in behalf in behalf of a young man who was a very good Soldier in my own Company I have endorsed his power of attorney, and request you will send his Certificate by the very first post as he is waiting also the discharge which I send on as a circumstance that there is no depreciation
I am &c
Matthew Mc.Connell
Cap. Howell.
Item sets
Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (1 pages) | DDJ01 (355 pages) | Collection: Numbered Record Books, 1775-1798. (RG93) (M853) | V:135, P:32 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Matthew McConnell | Philadelphia | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Joseph Howell | [unknown] | [n/a] |