Frederick Frye
48 documents

Request for Pay of Soldiers
12/06/1794 Autograph Letter SignedSent along muster rolls, but uncertain if his method and format for submission were correct as Frye never received blank rolls or instructions on how to submit the documents for approval. Requested …
Claims Files Relating to Service in the Revolutionary War, 1775-1851. (RG217)
Money Received, Update of Accounts Paid
02/06/1795 Autograph Letter SignedReceived money for payment of recruits, only has $0.50 remaining in his possession. W. Rice deserted and has yet to be apprehended. Frye advertised for his capture in the two most popular …
Claims Files Relating to Service in the Revolutionary War, 1775-1851. (RG217)
Receipt Roll for Troops at Governors Island
12/16/1796 Autograph Letter SignedCaptain Frye encloses the receipt roll for the detachment at Governors Island; He has three men who have not yet received their pay so they should be put on the next payroll. Should his troops be …
Claims Files Relating to Service in the Revolutionary War, 1775-1851. (RG217)
Men in Want of Clothing, Especially Shirts
11/24/1796 Autograph Letter SignedFrye has received the hogshead with the invoice of the contents contained therein. However, he expected to receive other articles of clothing besides those in the invoice. The men are very much in …
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
Update on Recruiting Under Col Rochefontaine
11/18/1797 Autograph Letter SignedFrye encloses recruiting account and vouchers for Governors Island. He has insufficient money to pay full bounty to some of the men. He will send other recruiting accounts when he has the necessary …
Claims Files Relating to Service in the Revolutionary War, 1775-1851. (RG217)
The Law Raising the Pay of Subalterns
03/27/1797 Autograph Letter SignedCaptain Frye requests an abstract of the law that allegedly raises the pay of subalterns and provides double rations to commanders of separate posts.
Claims Files Relating to Service in the Revolutionary War, 1775-1851. (RG217)
Request for Credit to Account
09/02/1797 Autograph Letter SignedFrye sends the receipt roll for July 1797, and the muster and pay rolls for August.
Claims Files Relating to Service in the Revolutionary War, 1775-1851. (RG217)
Receipt Rolls for the Credit to Account of Frye
11/02/1797 Autograph Letter SignedFrye encloses receipts for himself and recruits; the muster and pay rolls were sent to the Commandant at West Point.
Claims Files Relating to Service in the Revolutionary War, 1775-1851. (RG217)
Payment, Discharge, and Reenlistment Updates
11/01/1797 Autograph Letter SignedFrye sends the muster, pay, and receipt rolls for his detachment. He requests money for enlistment bounties, as he has enlisted more men than he has money to pay bounties. He also requests money due a …
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Pay of Frye's detachment
01/23/1797 Cited letter or documentCITATION Only. Cited in Simmons to Frye 01/24/1797. Receipt roll of Frye's Army detachment for Dec. 1796 submitted to War Dept. Accountant's Office
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Notification on Recruiting Account
11/25/1797 Cited letter or documentWilliam Simmons informs Capt. Frye that his recruiting account is free from error.
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Notification of Makeshift Hospital Due to Crowded Barracks
12/02/1797 Autograph Letter SignedEnclosed receipts, requested credit to account. Notification that quarters were crowded, Frye commissioned the use of an out building for barracks and hospital. Hired a soldiers wife to serve as a …
Claims Files Relating to Service in the Revolutionary War, 1775-1851. (RG217)
Notification of Desertions, Muster Rolls Enclosed
08/02/1797 Autograph Letter SignedFrye encloses his receipt, muster, and pay rolls, and lists soldiers who are on furlough or have deserted. One of the deserters is in fact believed to have drowned, but they are not certain.
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Muster and pay rolls
01/02/1797 Cited letter or documentCITATION Only. Cited in Simmons to Frye 01/03/1797 in which Simmons informs Frye that Frye's Army detachment will be paid in accordance with the muster and pay rolls he submitted to the War Department
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12/11/1797 Cited letter or documentLetter, citation only. Document gist from 12/12/1797 letter as follows: William Simmons provides George Perrott's date of enlistment to Capt. Frye.
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07/01/1797 Cited letter or documentLetter, CITATION Only. Cited in Simmons to Frye, 07/06/1797.
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05/02/1797 Cited letter or documentLetter, CITATION Only. Cited in Simmons to Frye, 05/04/1797.
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03/03/1797 Cited letter or documentLetter, CITATION Only. Cited in Simmons to Frye 03/03/1797
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Updates on Muster and Request for Information on Personal Letter
05/02/1798 Autograph Letter SignedFrye encloses muster and receipt rolls for his detachment and others. He hopes to send receipts soon. He has daily applicants for recruits but no recruiting money. In a post script he asks after a …
Claims Files Relating to Service in the Revolutionary War, 1775-1851. (RG217)
Request for Credit to Account, Receipt Rolls Enclosed
03/01/1798 Autograph Letter SignedFrye encloses a number of receipts. He asks that Simmons credit his account $134.07. He encloses the muster and pay rolls but no receipt roll.
Claims Files Relating to Service in the Revolutionary War, 1775-1851. (RG217)
