Pay of Massachusetts Regiments
Document 1784Discusses pay of the First, Second, and Third Massachusetts Regiments. Some soldiers of these regiments were apparently paid with goods in exchange for the right to their pay. McKnight is trying to collect the pay.
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[From M W Knight
rd Jany 27. 1884]
[seal]
West Point
[addressed to:]
Commander general
John Pierce Esqr
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Discusses pay of the First, Second, and Third Massachusetts Regiments. Some soldiers of these regiments were apparently paid with goods in exchange for the right to their pay. McKnight is trying to collect the pay.
Date
01/19/1784
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
Document number
1784011970001
Page start
1
Notable persons
John Pierce
Robert McKnight
Paymaster General
First (1st) Massachusetts Regiment
Second (2nd) Massachusetts Regiment
Third (3rd) Massachsetts Regiment
Mr. Danforth
Paymaster of the 2nd Massachusetts Regiment
Notable locations
Office of Army Accounts
Philadelphia
West Point
Notable items
goods
pay
payment
certificates
regiment
vouchers
office
mode
business
time
dollars