To the honorable the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in congress assembled : the memorial of the officers, now residing the State of New-York, of the late American army, in behalf of themselves and their brethren, the soldiers of the said army ...

To the honorable the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in congress assembled : the memorial of the officers, now residing the State of New-York, of the late American army, in behalf of themselves and their brethren, the soldiers of the said army ...

Memorial of the officers, now residing the State of New-York, of the late American army

New York 1792

[2] sheets ([2] p.) ; 35 cm.

BROAD L1975.70.6m M

Signed at end: Ebenezer Stevens.
Petitioning for honorary compensation; quoting Washington " ... besides the simple payment of their wages, a farther compensation is ... due". These officers "felt themselves much hurt at the silence shown them in the late Funding System".
Addressed on the reverse in ms. to "The President of the Society of the Cincinnati of the State of South Carolina" with "25" in red ink & "N York Sept 20" stamp.
Includes the printed letter dated "New-York, Sept. 1792" from the officers of the late army residing in New York giving an account of a meeting held and resolutions passed to be presented to the Congress and signed by 9 officers including Governor George Clinton.
William S. S. Horton collection.
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