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Whiting, John, 1760-1810 [To the honorable the committee from the Grievances of the Second Massachusetts line of the army]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01718 Author/Creator: Whiting, John, 1760-1810 Place Written: New Windsor, New York Type: Manuscript letter signed Date: 19 November 1782 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 31.5 cm, Width: 20.7 cm Order a Copy

Captain Ja. Alden, Lieutenant Whiting, and Lieutenant Joshua Danforth, writing as the Committee in behalf of the 2nd Massachusetts Regiment, list several grievances suffered by their regiment. These include "want of pay," to which they add "The old soldiers to have preference, because an act of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, at the commencement of the present year, deprives their families of the relief which they before received from their respective Towns"; and "A delay of the liquidation of all accounts previous to the fifth of this year. The risk of loosing papers in the Army, and a settlement being so essential to our integrity that we wish to urge the necessity of it." They ask that the Secretary at War contact the Congress directly regarding these concerns. See GLC02437.01714 for a related document.

Alden, Judah, 1750-1845
Whiting, John, 1760-1810
Danforth, Joshua, 1759-1837

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