Commission Errors
Item
Type
Contemporary Copy of Letter
Title
Commission Errors
Description
Discusses an officer in the Georgia line who burned his commission, and that there may have been errors in the commissions.
short description
Commission Errors
year created
1797
month created
09
day created
04
author
sent from location
New York
recipient
sent to location
Georgia
in image
note
Partly illegible.
author note
"Joseph Howell"
recipient note
"James Wood"
notable person/group
James Wood
Joseph Howell
Edward Wood
notable location
Georgia
New York
notable item/thing
burned
commission
name has been erased
resolution of Congress
notable phrase
burned his commission indisgust to the service
document number
1787090421201
page start
1
transcription
[undecipherable] , that he is returned on the arrangement of the Georgia line, as having Burned his Commission in disgust to the disservice That the Commission which came enclosed in your letter appears to have been given originally to some other person of a different rank, whose name has been erased, and that of Edward Wood inserted in the place of it. and that by a resolution of Congress limiting the initiation of all army [undecipherable] 1780 [undecipherable]
Item sets
Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (3 pages) | cdj03 (3 pages) | Collection: Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript file) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859) | B:24 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Joseph Howell | New York | [n/a] |
| Recipient | James Wood | Georgia | [n/a] |