Revolutionary War Ledger of Accounts Owed
Document 1784Appears 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.
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[1797
Jan 11]
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November 23 1797.
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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
Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
Repository
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
