Proceedings of a General Court Martial where of Colonel Elliot is present, held at Newport the 1st day of May 1780…

Document

Document Metadata

Document Group

Orders

Document Date

1780-05-01

Title

Proceedings of a General Court Martial where of Colonel Elliot is present, held at Newport the 1st day of May 1780…

Description

Trial of Cato Brown for stealing a quantity of hard money, seventy weight of sugar and a silver watch from Widow Borroughs. Cato Brown pled guilty to stealing the money only. Convicted of stealing the money and the silver watch. Sentenced to 200 lashes. Document signed by Colonel Robert Elliot.

Document Year(s)

1780

Document Month

05

Document Day

01

Notes

Indexed

Document Type

court martial

Regiment and Company Information

Regiment Officer

Col. Christopher Greene

Regiment Officer Rank

Col

Catalog Information

Call Number

MSS 673 Sub-group 2 Series 1 Sub-series A Box 1 Folder 63

Series Number

1

Series Name

Rhode Island Continental Lines

Sub-Series

A

Sub-Series Name

1st Rhode Island Regiment, Continental Line

Box Number

1

Folder Number

63

Item Identifier

333

Previous Citations

Old Call Number

RIMP Vol. 4 p. 226 No. 563

Old item #

563

Old RIMP vol #

none

Old RIMP pg #

none

Other old cat marks

p 22-?

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