Wages for chaplain

Item

Type

Autograph Letter Signed

Title

Wages for chaplain

Description

Informs the Commissioner of Army Accounts that Henry Knox requests that he certify whether or not wages were received by Jesse Ives, chaplain in a Massachusetts regiment.

year created

1791

month created

02

day created

24

author

sent from location

War Department

recipient

in image

notable person/group

Joseph Howell
Major John Stagg
General Learned
Jesse Ives
chaplain
Henry Knox
Secretary of War
Massachusetts Regiment
Commissioner of Army Accounts
Colonel Learned
Chaplain Jesse Ives
chief clerk

notable location

War Department
Massachusetts

notable item/thing

wages
certify
money

document number

1791022415001

page start

2

transcription

Sir
Te Secretary of War requests te favor of
you to certify to in,"whether an, and what if any,
wages etc, _ were received by Col Learned of Massachu-
setts, for his Chaplain Jesse Ives, from Jany 1st 1776 to
1st of June in the same year---
I am
Sir,
Your very humble Servt
JohnStagg Junr
Chief Clerk
[illegible] [illegible]

Item sets

Document instances

In image In source Location in source
[view document] (2 pages) CEQ16 (2 pages) Collection: Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript file) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859) B:203

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author John Stagg War Department [n/a]
Recipient Joseph Howell [unknown] [n/a]