Bedel, Hazen, fl. 1812-1821 to Moody Bedel

GLC01450.721.10

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GLC#
GLC01450.721.10-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
March 23, 1815
Author/Creator
Bedel, Hazen, fl. 1812-1821
Title
to Moody Bedel
Place Written
Albany, New York
Pagination
2 p. : address : docket ; Height: 25 cm, Width: 20 cm
Language
English

Hazen writes to his brother to report problems with soldiers' pay shortly after the end of the War of 1812. Mentions rumors about military appointments, President Madison's plan to maintain an army of 25,000, and a potential assignment for their squadron. Notes the dissolution of Eleazar Ripley's Court of Inquiry by order of the Secretary of War as well as news of Ripley's impending brevet for valor at the Battle of Bridgewater (Lundy's Lane). Hazen was then a regimental quartermaster in the 11th Infantry. Hazen might be one of Moody's sibling's listed on record as "Hazel," who lived from 1785-1835.

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