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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.01692 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0048] November 1782 |
| Title | Job Sumner to Henry Knox about a disciplined soldier |
| Date | 1 November 1782 |
| Author | Sumner, Job (1754-1789) |
| Recipient | Knox, Henry |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Military document |
| Content Description | Signed by J. Sumner, Capt.; author may be Captain Job Sumner of the 3rd Massachusetts. Written from "Camp." Writes, "There is one Bound a soldier in the 3 Massachusetts, now confined in the provost, under your direction by Complaint of Mr. Nait an Inhabitant, "for injuring his property" - he has been long confined & if you think it will not injure Service, I should be glad he might be sent to his Regiment, when he may receive trial agreably to the nature of his crime before a general or regimental Court Martial, I shall take care to advertise Mr. Nait of his removal, should you assent." |
| Subjects | Revolutionary War Revolutionary War General Military History Continental Army Prisoner Wartime Pillaging and Destruction Military Law Law |
| People | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Sumner, Job (1754-1789) |
| Theme | The American Revolution; Law |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |