Barber, Silas, fl. 1783 [Petition for redress to Henry Knox]

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GLC#
GLC02437.02219-View header record
Type
Documents
Date
1 July 1783
Author/Creator
Barber, Silas, fl. 1783
Title
[Petition for redress to Henry Knox]
Place Written
West Point, New York
Pagination
4 p. : Height: 34 cm, Width: 20.4 cm
Primary time period
The New Nation, 1783-1815
Sub-Era
Creating a New Government

This is "A True Coppy" of a petition first written on 24 March 1783. Says at the beginning of the year 1780 they empowered Lt. Col. Popkin to "do us the Strictest Justice" to get their notes from the state of Massachusetts from 1777-1779. He received the notes, but before returning to West Point, he sold one of them at a third discount and then left the other 3 notes in Boston. The petitioners said this went against their agreement, as he was only supposed to receive and deliver the notes. Popkin said he would get the other 3 notes in 3 weeks, but he never did so. 9 other names are copied on page 4. An original of this petition might be found at 02437.02235. For related documents, see GLC02437.02139, .02220, .02226, .02235, .02236, .02364, .10082, .10112, and .10117.

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