Pay of garrisons at Army posts
Document 1784Discusses the pay of the garrisons at West Point and Fort Pitt.
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Dear Sir War. Office June 9th 1784
Enclosed you have an estimate of two Months Pay in the Garrisons of West Points and Fort Pitt, formed in pursuance of an act of Congress of the 2d [undecipherable] — will be pleased to lay the same [before?] the Superintendant of finances immediately that [no] time may be lost in forwarding and [undecipherable] the Money for transportation.
I am Dear Sir
with great esteem
Yr. [undecipherable] Obt. Servt
[signature]
[undecipherable] Paymaster General Co[undecipherable]
[verso:]
G. D. [undecipherable] Esq[undecipherable]
[undecipherable] Paymaster Gen[era]l
[undecipherable]
[right margin:] War Office / June 9th [undecipherable]
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Discusses the pay of the garrisons at West Point and Fort Pitt.
Date
06/07/1784
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Office
Repository
Document number
1784060715001
Page start
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Notable persons
John Pierce
Joseph Carleton
Paymaster General
garrisons of West Point and Fort Pitt
garrison of West Point
garrison of Fort Pitt
Congress
Superintendent of Finance
Notable locations
War Office
war office
West Point
Fort Pitt
Notable items
estimate
pay
garrisons
act of Congress
issuing
preparing
money
transportation
