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Entitlement to Rations Pay While in Captivity
January 4, 1784
Author: John Pierce
Recipient: Colonel J. Ward
Summary: John Pierce sends to Colonel J. Ward a letter informing him of his entitlement to rations while in captivity.
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Army Officers' Subsistence Pay
January 4, 1784
Author: John Pierce
Recipient: Robert Morris
Summary: Encloses estimates for the subsistence of the Army for December 1783 and January 1784. Mentions the considerable inconvenience to officers from not receiving subsistence payments for December and request that the pay be sent to him. Requests seven or eight hundred dollars for supply of his own necessities as well as the necessities of those gentlemen assist him.
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Questions on an Officer's Status
January 4, 1784
Author: Joseph S Carth
Recipient: Samuel Hodgdon
Summary: Requests information from Col. Hodgdon as to whether Captain Emes is to be continued the station he currently fills or be removed. Information either way will be satisfactory. Reference to letter from Mrs. Emes.
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Pay of the Hospital Department
January 5, 1784
Author: John Pierce
Recipient: John Cochran
Summary: Requests a list of the gentlemen of the Hospital Department entitled to the commutation of five years full pay under the 1781 resolution of Congress. Asks whether officers who resigned are entitled to the commutation pay. Requests information about the resignations or service positions of several doctors who served in the army hospital.
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Pay and Accounting Issues
January 5, 1784
Author: John Pierce
Recipient: Joseph Howell
Summary: Discusses accounting issues as regarding commutations and pay.
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Warrant for Transfer of Pay from White to Pierce
January 5, 1784
Author: Anthony Walton White
Recipient: John Pierce
Summary: Warrant to transfer one month's pay from Col. White's account to the South Carolina State Association of the Cincinnati.
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Accounts of General Lincoln
January 5, 1784
Author: Joseph Nourse
Recipient: Joseph Howell
Summary: Discusses an adjustment to the accounts of Major General Lincoln from his command in the Southern Department.
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Military Stores in the Peace Establishment
January 6, 1784
Author: Samuel Hodgdon
Recipient: Worsley Emes
Summary: Discusses the peace establishment as regards places of deposit for United States military stores and the possibilities for Captain Emes's continuation in the service. He will receive preference from Hodgdon in peace establishment appointments.
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Pay Office Business and other Matters
January 6, 1784
Author: Samuel Hodgdon
Recipient: Morgan
Summary: Discusses the disposition of a valuable horse. Hodgdon desires to receive accounts as as soon as possible. Mentions Morgan's state taking actions regarding land encroachments by Virginia.
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Accounting for Equipment
January 6, 1784
Author: Samuel Hodgdon
Recipient: Major Nichols
Summary: Discusses accounting for flannel cartidges and tubes.