Request for funding
Document 1784John Pierce sends to Robert Morris a request for funding.
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[To Robert Morris Esq
22d Septem 1784]
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Philadelphia Sept 22d 1784
Sir
The Secretary in the War Office has drawn warrants on me, for the balance of on months pay due the Officers & Soldiers of the detachment, for the subsistence of the Officers to [undecipherable] and for the recruits of Captain Derrick Lanes Company of Jersey Troops lately raised, amounting to [undecipherable]
warrants
which, I am to request that you'll please to enable me to discharge.
I am with respect; Sir —
Your Obedient Servt
Pay — 492 60
Sub[sistence] — 72 44
Board — 88 23
653 21
Type
Contemporary Copy of Letter made from Author's Files
Description
John Pierce sends to Robert Morris a request for funding.
Date
09/22/1784
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
Document number
1784092237001
Page start
1
Notable persons
Robert Morris
John Pierce
Captain Derrick Lane
New Jersey troops
officers
soldiers
secretary in the War Office
recruits
Notable locations
Philadelphia
New Jersey
Notable items
pay
warrants
balances
subsistence

