Controversy over the lack of a commission for a Massachusetts local
Item
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Title
Controversy over the lack of a commission for a Massachusetts local
Description
Representative Sedgwick writes to McHenry expressing his constituent's disappointment in the failure of the War Department to offer a local gentleman Samuel Church a commission.
year created
1798
month created
04
day created
01
author
sent from location
Stockbridge
recipient
sent to location
Philadelphia
in collection
in image
note
Cited in McHenry to Sedgwick, 05/14/1799.
cited note
Cited document addressed to the War Office
notable person/group
James McHenry
Theodore Sedgwick
Samuel W. Church
Alpheus Cheney
Mackey
officers
notable location
Philadelphia
Stockbridge
Massachusetts
notable item/thing
Commission
notable idea/issue
Military
neighborhood
localism
Provisional Army
document number
1799040140101
page start
1
number of pages
2
Item sets
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Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (2 pages) | KAD10 (2 pages) | Collection: James McHenry Papers | B:1797-1815, MH 93 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Theodore Sedgwick | Stockbridge | [n/a] |
| Recipient | James McHenry | Philadelphia | [n/a] |