Affair of the discharged officers of the West Point garrison
Document 1784Discusses the affair of the discharged officers of the garrison of West Point who seized pay money without authorization. Request information on the case to inform Congress's action on the "transaction."
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Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Discusses the affair of the discharged officers of the garrison of West Point who seized pay money without authorization. Request information on the case to inform Congress's action on the "transaction."
Date
07/19/1784
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Annapolis
Document number
1784071960001
Page start
1
Notable persons
John Pierce
Edward Hand
Committee of the States
officers lately deranged at West Point
Congress
paymaster of the American Regiment
American Regiment
Doctor Heart
late officers of the American Army
Committee
Mr. Lovell
invalids
Chairman
Notable locations
Pay Office, Philadelphia
Annapolis
Annapolis
West Point
Philadelphia
Notable items
letters
11 July 1784
pay
dollars
subsistence
dividend
sum
public money
June 1784
committee
relief
order
officers subsistence
subsistence
service
application
money
receipt
amount
judgment
affidavit
transaction
circumstances