Sherman, Jonathan, fl. 1780 to Henry Knox
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.00794 Author/Creator: Sherman, Jonathan, fl. 1780 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 4 January 1780 Pagination: 2 p. : address : docket ; 30.6 x 19.1 cm. Order a Copy
Captain Sherman writes, "By the arrangement which Colo [John] Crane has or will transmit to the Board of War I feel myself most essentially and peculiarly injured, he has deranged me without even consulting me on the Occasion, which I conceive an assumption or rather an usurpation of Power- an adversion to the Resolve of Congress respecting the Most of the Reduction of the Army. must at once dictate to him, the Impropriety and absurdity of his Conduct- The only Method of having his capital grievance redressed, is I presume, by a Representation to you, which I most seriously do, in full Confidence..." Sherman is resistant to being "reduced to the Necessity of retiring from Service." Asks for Knox's "patronage and advice."
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