Execution of Hunt or Perkins may as yet be respited.
Item
Type
Letter Signed
Title
Execution of Hunt or Perkins may as yet be respited.
Description
McHenry discusses the impending execution of Sergeant Richard Hunt and allows for the possibility that the execution may as yet be overruled.
year created
1799
month created
07
day created
25
author
sent from location
War Department
recipient
in collection
in publication
note
Cited in Hamilton to McHenry, 07/29/1799.
cited note
Cited document sent from the War Office
notable person/group
Alexander Hamilton
James McHenry
General Hamilton
notable location
War Department
notable item/thing
warrant under the signature of the President [Adams] and the seal of the War Office
execution of Richard Hunt, a sergeant in a company of the Second Regiment of Artillerists and Engineers, commanded by Captain James Stille
charge of desertion and carrying the money for their pay entrusted to him
sentenced to suffer death by a General Court Martial at the City Hall of the City of New York
discipline of the army
purposes of public justice
execution of Hunt or Perkins may yet respited
document number
1799072500000
Item sets
Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
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| [view document] (0 pages) | [no image] | Collection: Printed Versions | [unknown] |
| [view document] (0 pages) | [no image] | Publication: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton | [unknown] |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | James McHenry | War Department | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Alexander Hamilton | [unknown] | [n/a] |