Request for money
Document 1784Request for money to pay sums due to officers in the Southern Army.
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[By 1 a letter to Mr Morris 16 Ap. 84]
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Pay Office 16 April 1784
Sir
I am to request that the Sum of One Thousand Dollars [undecipherable] be placed in my hands to enable me to discharge a Number of Bills drawn on me by the D.P.M. of the Southern Army for the purpose of paying the Arrears of Pay & Subsistence of Sundry Officers
I have &c
Honble Supt of Finances
Type
Contemporary Copy of Letter
Description
Request for money to pay sums due to officers in the Southern Army.
Date
04/16/1784
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Pay Office
Document number
1784041637001
Page start
1
Notable persons
Robert Morris
John Pierce
Pay office
deputy paymaster of the Southern Army
officers
Superintendent of Finance
Notable locations
Pay Office
Notable items
sum
one thousand dollars
discharge
bills
pay
subsistence