Pay of the Maryland Line
Document 1786Cover letter for an estimate of the "specie pay" due to the Maryland Continental Regiments
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Sir
I have the Honor to inclose you, an estimate [of?] the specie pay due to the Maryland line, [undecipherable] sufficient evidence, enable me to ascertain the extent of the [undecipherable] demands of this nature.
I am Sir with respect
your most Obl[iged] [undecipherable]
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Cover letter for an estimate of the "specie pay" due to the Maryland Continental Regiments
Date
05/18/1786
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Pay Office, New York
Document number
1786051821155
Page start
26
Note
The manuscript letter is not signed but is in Pierce's hand
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Notable persons
Henry Knox
John Pierce
Maryland Line
Secretary at War
Notable locations
Pay Office
New York
Notable items
specie
pay
claim
subsistence
evidence
demands