Pay of Aids-de-Camp
Document 1784Discusses Congress's intentions as to the pay of officers who served as aids-de-camp in the army.
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[letter received notation: Sir after what has passed from Capt C Nelson
r Jany 19. 1784]
[Commissioner Accounts]
John Carter Esq.
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Discusses Congress's intentions as to the pay of officers who served as aids-de-camp in the army.
Date
01/19/1784
Author
Recipient
Sent from
West Point
Document number
1784011921001
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Notable persons
Captain Patrick Phelon
John Pierce
Congress
aids
the line
captains from the artillery
aids de camp
majors from the line
Commissioner of Accounts
Notable locations
West Point
West Point
Notable items
resolve of Congress
opinion
accounts for commutation
Major in the line
pay
short resolve
emoluments
extra pay
doubts
act
account
this country
oeconomical principle
resolution
every consideration
rank