Pay for Officers of a Disbanding Battalion

Document Information
Date January 30, 1784
Author Name E. Bunschoton (primary) Location: Poughkeepsie
Recipient Name John Pierce (primary)
Summary Bunschoton requests that Pierce provide pay for the officers of the Battalion now being disbanded. He says that the orders for discharge did not arrive until the 5th so the men could not be discharged until the 6th. Most of the men have not been paid for four months and are far from home. Without their pay, they would have a difficult time getting home.
Document Format Autograph Letter / Autograph Document Signed
Source Collection: National Archives and Records Administration: Manuscript File, RG93

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