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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC01450.065.03 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1818 |
| Title | Petition to U.S. Senate |
| Date | 1 January 1818 |
| Author | Frothingham, Richard (1748-1819) |
| Document Type | Military document; Land transaction document |
| Content Description | Petition of representation for Frothingham stating that he served in the United States army during the Revolutionary War as "Sergeant in Capt Chadwick's Company in 1775," then as Sergeant in Colonel Henry Knox's Regiment of Artillery, and finally as Principal Field Commissary of Military Stores of the American Army" until the end of the war. States he has not received the same commutation of land as other officers of the same line received. Requests that he be reimbursed accordingly. |
| Subjects | Petition Revolutionary War Military History Artillery Military Supplies Land Transaction Soldier's Diary Congress Continental Congress |
| People | Frothingham, Richard (1748-1819) |
| Place written | Charlestown, Massachusetts |
| Theme | The American Revolution; Government & Politics |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Additional Information | Frothingham was a well-known furniture or carriage maker from Charlestown, Mass. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |