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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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