Wooster, David, 1711-1777 [Sentence of court martial on Captain Eliphalet Thorp]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02499.19 Author/Creator: Wooster, David, 1711-1777 Place Written: Rye Neck, New York Type: Manuscript document signed Date: February 26, 1777 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 32 cm, Width: 19.5 cm Order a Copy
Thorp was tried for "abusing and plundering Margaret Weyman" and found not guilty of abuse but guilty of theft. The theft was made because Thorp had property stolen from him by Margaret's husband, who was "a vile Tory." Thorp was admonished. General Wooster approved the sentence in a short, signed note at the bottom.
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