Elias Boudinot A.L.S., Philadelphia, Sept. 18th 1782 : to Major Richard] Howel[l], [S.l.]

Elias Boudinot A.L.S., Philadelphia, Sept. 18th 1782 : to Major Richard] Howel[l], [S.l.]

Philadelphia 1782

[2] p. ; 34 cm. (fol.)

MSS L1988.190.181 MB

"The Judge Advocate of the Univeted States hjaving resigned his office, and a day fixed for the appointment of a successor, I thought proper to nominate you as a candidate .... Congress this day proceeded to a ballot & very generally agreed to your appointment, which I suppose will be formally announced to you by the proper officer."
Includes salary, rations, and subsistance figures attached to the office as well as a "two horse waggon for papers & baggage."
Howell declined the appointment -- see Resolves of the U.S. Congress
In different ink at the foot of the page: various mathematical figues totally salary and perquisites.
Howell was later elected Governor of New Jersey and was an original member of the New Jersey Society of the Cincinnati.

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