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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.10197 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0050] 1783 |
| Title | Deposition of Samuel Tenney |
| Date | ca. 1783 |
| Author | Tenney, Samuel (1748-1816) |
| Document Type | Military document; Legal document |
| Content Description | Deposition by doctor Tenney, signed as "Sam. Tenny", describing the duties of an officer in relation to Mr. Pratt's arrest. Writes, "[A] commanding officer of a company having the temporary command of a battalion or garrison had no right or pretence, on that account, to divest himself of his proper command & to impose his duty on a subordinate officer." Mr. Wheaton, supposedly broke this rule in ordering Mr. Pratt to take over Wheaton's command, though Wheaton repeatedly denies this. Mentions that Baron Steuben hopes the dispute might be settled peacefully. Watermarked. |
| Subjects | Revolutionary War Military History Military Law Continental Army Revolutionary War General |
| People | Tenney, Samuel (1748-1816) Von Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm August Heinrich Ferdinand (1730-1794) Wheaton, Joseph (1755-1828) Pratt, William (fl. 1777-1845) |
| Theme | Government & Politics; Law |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Additional Information | Tenney was the surgeon for the Rhode Island Battalion and was later a U.S. Representative from New Hampshire. Wheaton possibly refers to Lieutenant Joseph Wheaton, and Pratt to Sergeant William Pratt, who were both retained in Olney's Rhode Island Battalion. Steuben was a German-Prussian General who served with George Washington in the American Revolutionary War and is credited with teaching the Continental Army the essentials of military drill and discipline. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |