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Field name | Value |
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Collection Reference Number | GLC01450.086 |
From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1782 |
Title | William Cooke to General Edward Hand requesting that he retain Thomas Neill's services for another two months so he may finish settling his books |
Date | 14 March 1782 |
Author | Cooke, William (fl. 1782) |
Recipient | Hand, Edward |
Document Type | Correspondence; Business and financial document |
Content Description | Informs him that Thomas Neill, a sergeant of an independent company in Wyoming, Pennsylvania, has acted as clerk to the Quartermaster's Department under Cooke's assistant Lord Butler from 1778 to 1780. Requests that he retain Neill's services for another two months so he may finish settling his books. Note on near bottom states his request was granted until 20 May. Hand was a brigadier general in the American Revolution. Cooke signed as late Deputy Quarter Master General. |
Subjects | Revolutionary War Military History Military Supplies |
People | Cooke, William (fl. 1782) Hand, Edward (1744-1802) Neill, Thomas (fl. 1782) |
Place written | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Theme | The American Revolution |
Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |