Letters from Amasa Bonney and John C. Bennett, 16 May 1842
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Letters, , , Hancock Co., IL, to JS then , , Hancock Co., IL, 16 May 1842; , , Hancock Co., IL, to JS, , Hancock Co., IL, 16 May 1842; handwriting of and ; docket in handwriting of James Ure; two pages; JS Collection, CHL.
City of May 16, 1842
Gen. ,
May it please your honour, having been insulted & imposed upon by , at the general review on saturday last; I beg leave to inform your honour of the circumstances of the case, & to seek redress for my injury, if in the estimation of your honour it should be deemed of sufficient importance to be brought before a Court Martial.
Whilst I was engaged in the performance of my duty, , struck me with his sword, & said that he had a good mind to cut me down on the spot & otherwise abused me. I therefore think proper to prefer the following charges against the .
1st. For striking me with his sword, while in the performance of my duty.
2d. For threatening to cut me down & using abusive language without provocation.
I am sorry to be necesseated to trouble your honour with a subject like this; but as I have been insulted as an officer of the Nauvoo Legion, & as a gentleman; I thought the best way to obtain redress was to seek it through the medium appointed by law
I have the honour to subcribe myself Your Most Obedent Humble Servant
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Adjutant. 2 Reg 1st Cohort
Major Gen.)
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