Soldier never discharged
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Title
Soldier never discharged
Description
Brearley protests that he was never officially discharged from the Army and was in fact an officer at the time of the reduction of the Army.
year created
1784
month created
04
day created
30
author
recipient
in image
content note
Includes citations in the left margins.
notable person/group
David Brearley
Army
General Sullivan
regiment
John Conway
Courts Martial
notable location
New Jersey
notable item/thing
Minutes of Joint Meetings
Lieutenant Colonel in the New Jersey line
Resolutions of Congress for establishing the army during the war
Chief Justice of the that State
unlimited furlough
separate department
resignation
Legislature of New Jersey
vacancies
Journal of Congress, Vols. 8,4,5
Act of Congress of the 20th day of June 1779
rules established for the government of the Army
cashiering by court-martial
reducing of the regiment or corps
deranging
notable phrase
there have been three, and no more than three, several modes of discharging or getting rid of Officers of the line, to wit, 1st by resignation. 2. Cashiering by Court-Martial, and 3. by reducing of the regiment or Corps, which in our Army obtained the name of Deranging. Neither description will apply to me.
document number
1784043090010
