Howes, Lott, fl. 1783 [Petition to Henry Knox]

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GLC#
GLC02437.02235-View header record
Type
Documents
Date
12 - 16 May 1783
Author/Creator
Howes, Lott, fl. 1783
Title
[Petition to Henry Knox]
Place Written
West Point, New York
Pagination
3 p. : address : docket ; Height: 34 cm, Width: 21.3 cm
Primary time period
The New Nation, 1783-1815
Sub-Era
Creating a New Government

Petition signed by four non-commissioned officers, and what appears to be ten privates (several of the privates used an "X" as their mark). This petition asks Knox for help in getting money due to them that they feel Lt. Col. Popkin did not handle as instructed. Popkin had been sent to Boston to collect the group's pay notes. When he was returning to West Point, he sold one at a discount of one third, and left the other three in Boston. These men claim he was not given authority to do that. A copy of this can be found at GLC02437.02219. Also see .02220, .02226, and .02236 for other documentation on this matter. For related documents, see GLC02437.02139, .02219, .02220, .02226, .02236, .02364, .10082, .10112, and .10117.

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