Half-Pay for Former Continental Officers
Document 1784Livingston is suggesting that compensation be arranged for those officers who were recently mustered out of the Army. An earlier Resolution of Congress in 1780 had provided half-pay for life for officers such as these but it applied only to those mustered out in 1780. He suggests that this arrangement be made for all officers who served.
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[From Lt Colo W. Bissington
2d July 1 1784 — [undecipherable]]
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Type
Autograph Letter/Document Signed
Description
Livingston is suggesting that compensation be arranged for those officers who were recently mustered out of the Army. An earlier Resolution of Congress in 1780 had provided half-pay for life for officers such as these but it applied only to those mustered out in 1780. He suggests that this arrangement be made for all officers who served.
Date
02/01/1784
Author
Recipient
Sent from
New York
Repository
Document number
1784020170001
Page start
1
Notable persons
John Pierce
Henry B. Livingston
Congress
the Army
General Washington
officers
Notable locations
West Point
New York
Notable items
reform
Army
provision
service
representation
half-pay for life
Resolutions of October 1780