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- GLC#
- GLC02437.10521-View header record
- Type
- Documents
- Date
- 16 September 1783
- Author/Creator
- Sherburne, Benjamin, fl. 1777-1783
- Title
- [Testimony related to Lieutenant Joseph Wheaton]
- Place Written
- Saratoga, New York
- Pagination
- 2 p. : docket ; Height: 46 cm, Width: 29.5 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- Creating a New Government
Testimony of Lieutenant Sherburne of the Rhode Island troops in the trial of Lieutenant Joseph Wheaton. Wheaton, while in command of the garrison at Saratoga, sold sundry items and rum to the soldiers for profit. John Thompson, Justice of the Peace, took his deposition. Note on verso states this is a sealed deposition to be opened in court.
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