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Autobiography of Samuel Miles (Page 13)

MLA citation style
Miles, S. Autobiography Of Samuel Miles (Page 13). no date. 1802Feb .
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Miles, S. (1802). Autobiography of Samuel Miles (Page 13). Retrieved from https://digitalarchives.powerlibrary.org/papd/islandora/object/papd%3A343228
Chicago citation style
Miles, Samuel. “Autobiography Of Samuel Miles (Page 13)”, Centre County Library & Historical Museum - Autobiography of Colonel Samuel Miles, February 4, 1802. https://digitalarchives.powerlibrary.org/papd/islandora/object/papd%3A343228.
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Title

Autobiography of Samuel Miles (Page 13)

Subject

Government - Personal Account

Description

Samuel Miles was accused by John Nickolson (then Comptroller General of Pennsylvania) of fraud and perjury in settling his accounts as an officer of the army. He was acquitted and ultimately won a judgement of 90 pounds from the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. He resigned all his offices due to lack of action by the Pennsylvania legislature on John Nicholson. However he later accepted positions in the Philadelphia city government including Executive Council (1788), Alderman (1789), and Mayor (1790). He declined a second term of office as mayor in 1791. For the initial Executive Council position, he accepted it 'rather than to put the Citizens to the trouble and expense of another ellection [election]'.

Creator

Miles, Samuel

Date

1802-02-04

Location Covered

Pennsylvania and Philadelphia

Time Period Covered

1784-1791

Type

Text

Original Format

Diaries

Digital Format

image/tiff

Identifier

D-29-25-87N

Language

English

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/

Contact

paroom@centrecountylibrary.org

Contributing Institution

Centre County Library & Historical Museum

Sponsorship

This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER Library: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education.

Notes

A typed transcription of this handwritten story with further descriptions of people, places, events and terminology identified by Samuel Miles is included with this collection.