James Read
44 documents
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Compensation for Griffith McRea
10/17/1795 Recipient's Letterbook CopyA warrant in Read's favor has been drawn for $300 for the pay of Griffith McRea, Captain in the Corps of Artillerists and Engineers for the Recruiting Service.
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94) -
Enclosed Signed Receipt Roll for Pay of Philip Williams
04/27/1797 Autograph Letter SignedRead encloses a receipt roll for Sergeant Philip Williams and the men under his command.
Claims Files Relating to Service in the Revolutionary War, 1775-1851. (RG217) -
Enclosed Receipt Roll for the Pay of Sergeant Philip Williams and His Men
02/01/1797 Autograph Letter SignedRead encloses receipt rolls for Sergeant Philip Williams and his men, covering January through November 1796.
Claims Files Relating to Service in the Revolutionary War, 1775-1851. (RG217) -
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Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94) -
List of bounties from Captain James Read of 2d US Regiment of Artillerists and Engineers
08/18/1798 Document SignedList of recruiting bounties by James Read, 2nd Regiment of Artillerists and Engineers, Easton Pennsylvania: Nicholas Kapens; John Leiter; Alexander Jamison; John Bruche; John Harris; James Barnes.
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94) -
Duplicate Receipts
07/29/1798 Autograph Letter SignedDuplicate receipts are transmitted with the hope that the forms are in the proper order.
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94) -
Conveying Deserter Benjamin Woods
08/05/1798 Autograph Letter SignedRead has paid a bill related to the expenses of conveying Benjamin Wood, a deserter from Fort Mifflin, from Easton to Spring Garden. Should the bill and receipts be transmitted to Simmons?
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94) -
Bounty for Recruits
09/22/1798 Document SignedCapt. Read sends a small chart listing the amount of bounty given to each of seven recruits.
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94) -
Bounty for Recruits
09/15/1798 Document SignedCapt. Read sends a small chart listing the amount of bounty given to each of seven recruits.
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94) -
Bounty for Recruits
09/01/1798 Document SignedCapt. Read transmits a chart recording the amount of the bounty given to each of eleven recruits.
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94) -
Bounty for Recruits
08/05/1798 Document SignedRead sends a small chart showing the amounts of the bounty awarded to four recruits combined for a total of eighteen dollars.
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94) -
Bounty for Apprehending a Deserter
08/11/1798 Autograph Letter SignedRead transmits a receipt for six dollars for the bounties awarded to Alexander Jamison and John Sliter for the apprehension of Woods, a deserter.
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94) -
Bounties Paid
11/10/1798 Autograph Letter SignedA list of bounties paid four soldiers in the amount of nine dollars.
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94) -
Bounties for Recruits
09/29/1798 Document SignedCapt. Read sends a small chart listing the amount of bounty given to each of thirteen recruits.
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94) -
Receipt for Arms, Clothing, & Equipage
03/20/1799 Letter SignedRead confirms receipt of the clothing, equipage, and arms he received in two hogsheads and one chest in February at West Point. Everything agrees with the invoice except for the absence of one pair of …
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94) -
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Read Listed as Replying to McHenry's Circular of 7/13/1799
09/19/1799 Autograph Letter SignedRead is listed as replying to the Circular of 7/13/1799 in which McHenry asked for the details of each officer's military service which would be used in settling their relative rank.
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RE Transfer of Army Units and Equipment
11/18/1799 Draft LetterRoutine instructions concerning the transfer of Army units and equipment.
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RE Organization of Individual Regiments
07/27/1799 Autograph Letter SignedRoutine instructions and correspondence concerning the organization of individual regiments
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RE Courts-Martial and Infractions of Military Discipline
10/30/1799 Autograph Letter SignedRoutine correspondence concerning courts-martial and infractions of military discipline.
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RE Army Supplies, Quarters, and Pay.
11/08/1799 Autograph Letter SignedRoutine instructions and correspondence concerning Army supplies, quarters, and pay.
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RE Army Supplies, Quarters, and Pay
11/06/1799 Draft DocumentRoutine instructions and correspondence concerning Army supplies, quarters, and pay.
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RE Army Supplies, Quarters, and Pay
09/27/1799 Autograph Letter SignedRoutine instructions and correspondence concerning Army supplies, quarters, and pay.
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