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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 State of the invalid officers

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02208 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph document Date: June 1783 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 35 cm, Width: 21.5 cm Order a Copy

Knox's working draft for an Inspection Board report on the Invalid Regiment. Lists eleven invalid officers and their assigned pensions. The report is for the following officers: Captain [John] McGowen, Captain [John] Riley, Captain [Moses] McFarland, Captain Lieutenant [William] McL.Hatton [McElhatton], Lieutenant [Osgood] Carleton, Lieutenant [Jonathan] Pugh, Lieutenant [Talmage] Hall, Captain [Thomas] Arnold, Lieutenant [William] Mainard [Maynard], Lieutenant [Samuel] Gibbs, and Captain [David] Dorance. Date and title taken from docket. See GLC02437.02882 for a related component of this document with more details on each officer's disability or illness.

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