Petition of Robert Connelly

Item

Type

Copy of Signed Document

Title

Petition of Robert Connelly

Description

Knox addresses the Unitedhis service during the American Revolutionary War in which he claims that a cold which he contracted in 1775 resulted in blindness and poverty twelve years later.

year created

1794

month created

03

day created

14

author

sent from location

War Department

in image

notable person/group

Henry Knox
Robert Connelly
House of Representatives
British troops
prisoner
New York

notable location

War Department
New Orleans

notable item/thing

subscriber's anxious inquiry
petitioner's time of service
hardships he underwent in New York
employment
petitioner's claim
poverty
blindness
a cold which the petitioner alleges to have

notable phrase

It does not appear that a cold which the petitioner alleges to have taken in the year 1775 was the cause of the blindness which afflicted him twelve years afterwards...

document number

1794031400001

page start

1

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Document instances

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[view document] (6 pages) NMO15 (6 pages) Collection: Transcribed Reports and Communications Transmitted by the Executive Branch to the Senate, 1789-1819. (RG46) (M1257, rolls 1-3) M1257, rolls 1-3

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author Henry Knox War Department [n/a]
Recipient United States Senate [unknown] [n/a]