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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.01587 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0046] September 17822 |
| Title | General orders from a court of enquiry regarding Colonel Benjamin Tupper |
| Date | 7-8 September 1782 |
| Author | Hand, Edward (1744-1802) |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Military document |
| Content Description | Written from Head Quarters Verplanks Point, present-day Verplanck, New York. "Public" is written above the address. Includes "Extracts from Genl. Orders" for two days, 7 and 8 September. The extract from 7 September states, "Lieutenant Osgood Carleton of the Invalid Regiment is appointed Quarter Master to the same vice Lieutenant [William] Honeyman who assigns that office." The extract from 8 September states, "A court of enquiry of which Colonel [Benjamin] Tupper was President sat at West Point by a Garrison order of the 4th instant to enquire into the sufficiency of the reasons alledged by Lieutenant Barber of the Massachusetts regt. of Artillery for overstaying the term of his furlough, & have reported that he produced a certificate showing that he was detained by sickness which in their opinion exculpates him. The Commander in Chief accepts and approves the opinion of the Court." Writes that General Edward Hand presents compliments to Samuel Shaw and "requests the foregoing extracts may be published to the garrison of West Point if agreable to Genl. [Henry] Knox." See GLC02437.01584 for further information. |
| Subjects | Revolutionary War Revolutionary War General Military History Continental Army Military Supplies Military Law Health and Medical Injury or Wound West Point (US Military Academy) Artillery Health and Medical President |
| People | Hand, Edward (1744-1802) Shaw, Samuel (1754-1794) Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Tupper, Benjamin (1738-1792) Carleton, Osgood (1742-1816) Honeyman, William (fl. 1782) Washington, George (1732-1799) Barber, Isaac R. (fl. 1782) |
| Place written | Verplanck, New York |
| Theme | The American Revolution; Law; Health & Medicine |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Additional Information | Lieutenant Barber might be Isaac R. Barber (fl. 1782) of the 3rd Continental Artillery. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |
| Related documents | Letter from Samuel Shaw to Edward Hand regarding the return of artillery |
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