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Application from Captain Delaplace, Governour Skene, and Ensign Moreland

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Hartford, June 27, 1775.

Whereas the Committee appointed by your Excellency and the honourable Assembly have come to a resolution to allow us, your memorialists, two dollars per week for our board, we beg leave to address your Honour, and the Committee of War, to take the matter into your serious consideration, as it is by no means adequate to our rank in the Army, nor can we, in the present situation of affairs, receive any assistance from our friends.

WILLIAM DELAPLACE,
ANDREW PHILIP SKENE,
JOSEPH MORLAND.

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Title

Letter from Governour Trumbull to the President of Congress, stating several metters relative to the Prisones of war, sent to Connecticut, and requesting the directions of Congress on the subject. He also requests the interposition of Congress to put

Creator

Trumbull, Jonathan, Governour of Connecticut

Editor

Trumbull, Jonathan, Governour of Connecticut

Resource Type

text

Genre/Form

documents (object genre)

Date Created

1775-06-27

Recipient

Hancock, John

Presentation Location

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, North America

Before Whom

Hancock, John

Subject

Military action: prisoners

Document ID

S4-V3-P01-sp30-D0008

Series

S4

Volume

S4-V3

Part

S4-V3-P01

Sub-Part

S4-V3-P01-sp30

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No Copyright - Public Domain

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