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Field name | Value |
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Collection Reference Number | GLC02499.01 |
From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1787 |
Title | Zebulon Butler to Nathan Denison about appointing vs. electing battalion officers |
Date | 25 December 1787 |
Author | Butler, Zebulon (1731-1795) |
Recipient | Denison, Butler |
Document Type | Correspondence; Military document |
Content Description | Planned an election for battalion officers, but his men preferred to have him appoint battalion officers. Hopes Denison can inform him if this would be allowed under military law. |
Subjects | Military History Military Law Election Militia |
People | Butler, Zebulon (1731-1795) Denison, Nathan (1740-1809) |
Theme | Government & Politics; The American Revolution |
Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
Additional Information | Zebulon Butler was a colonel from Connecticut. Nathan Denison was a colonel in the Connecticut Militia. |
Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |