Revolutionary War Ledger of Accounts Owed

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Type

Letter, Type Undetermined

Description

Appears to be a ledger of month-by-month accounts of amounts owed sundry officers and soldiers of the Revolutionary Army for pay, subistence, rations, etc. It addresses the issue of compensation to American officers and soldiers held in captitivity by the enemy.

Date

07/14/1784

Author

Sent from

Philadelphia

Document number

1784071421001

Page start

1

Note

Partially illegible. Addressed to "Sir," possibly fragments of two different documents.

Notable persons

John Pierce
General Washington
old regiments
Captain Moore
prisoners
Commissary General of Prisoners
Auditor of Accounts
officers returned from captivity
Delaware Regiments

Notable locations

Philadelphia
State of Massachusetts

Notable items

allowance
present enlistments
six pence a day for subsistence
one penny per mile from their usual place of abode to their regiments
rations
apprehending deserters
bounty
war
vouchers
compensation
Resolution of Congress of April 5, 1777