Funding for the Pay of Harmar's Army
Document 1784John Pierce sends to Robert Morris a request for funding to pay Colonel Harmar's troops.
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Philadelphia Sept 20 1784
Sir
The Secretary in the War Office having drawn a warrant on me for the balance of the [undecipherable] advance pay and for the subsistence of the [undecipherable] Commissioned Officers [undecipherable] the Detachment under the command of [undecipherable] and the subsistence of the Officers to [undecipherable] Hannover, which have been raised in and for the subsistence of the Officers to [undecipherable]-Pennsylvania, amounting to
$234[undecipherable] Dollars, I am to request that a supply of money for the purpose of discharging the same.
[undecipherable: Pierce]
Honble Wm Morris
Type
Autograph Letter
Description
John Pierce sends to Robert Morris a request for funding to pay Colonel Harmar's troops.
Date
09/20/1784
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
Document number
1784092021001
Page start
1
Notable persons
Robert Morris
John Pierce
Colonel Harmar
officers
privates
Secretary in the War Office
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Notable items
warrants
pay
advance pay
subsistence
accounting
dollars
balances
money

