Macpherson, John (d. 1775) [Discharge for James Arden]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02497.10 Author/Creator: Macpherson, John (d. 1775) Place Written: Ticonderoga, New York Type: Autograph document signed Date: 31 August 1775 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 7 x 16 cm. Order a Copy
There is "no further employ" for James Arden, a mason sent up from New York by Peter T. Curtenius "by Order of the Provincial Congress of New York." Therefore he is discharged, by order of General Montgomery. Written at "Head Quarters" Signed by Macpherson as Aide de Camp.
John Macpherson was the Aide de Camp to General Montgomery. He was killed at Quebec on 31 December 1775.
Peter Theobaldus Curtenius owned a hardware store in New York City, was a member of the "Committee of Correspondence," the predecessor of the New York Provincial Congress, and later served as New York state auditor.
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