Pay accounts and impropriety

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Date July 9, 1784
Author Name Thomas Gassaway (primary) Location: Annapolis
Recipient Name John Pierce (primary) Location: Philadelphia
Summary Thomas Gassaway, Assistant Commissioner for Settling Pay of the Maryland Line, sends to John Pierce a letter inclosed with pay accounts. Gassaway has been accused of impropriety.
Document Format Autograph Letter
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Related Persons/Groups John Pierce; Thomas Gassaway; Paymaster General Continental Army; General Smallwood; Maryland Line; Army; informers; ;
Related Places Philadelphia; Annapolis; Baltimore; ;
Keywords muster rolls; personal property; character; justice; pay; accounts; qualifications;
Key Phrases I shall be under the disagreeable necessity of disposing of the only house I have and some of my personal property to discharge my bonds which will be so great an injury to myself and family
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