Controversy over the lack of a commission for a Massachusetts local
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Title
Controversy over the lack of a commission for a Massachusetts local
Description
Representative Sedgwick writes to McHenry expressing his constituent's disappointment in the failure of the War Department to offer a local gentleman Samuel Church a commission.
year created
1798
month created
04
day created
01
author
sent from location
Stockbridge
recipient
sent to location
Philadelphia
in collection
in image
note
Cited in McHenry to Sedgwick, 05/14/1799.
cited note
Cited document addressed to the War Office
notable person/group
James McHenry
Theodore Sedgwick
Samuel W. Church
Alpheus Cheney
Mackey
officers
notable location
Philadelphia
Stockbridge
Massachusetts
notable item/thing
Commission
notable idea/issue
Military
neighborhood
localism
Provisional Army
document number
1799040140101
page start
1
number of pages
2
