Discussion of Pension Payment to Rhode Island Invalids
Document 1790Letter, discusses payment of invalid pensions.
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[Letter from Secretary of War to his Excellency Governor Collins 28th Jany 1790 — (Copy)]
War Office Jany 28th 1790
Sir
The first of March next being the time fixed for the first payment of the invalids of the different States, and as no returns have ever yet been received from the State of Rhode Island, I Request your Excellency that they be forwarded forthwith to this office. They being absolutely necessary in order to perform the amounts to be arranged by the Secretary of the Treasury with the persons appointed to pay the several pensions in the respective States —
I have the honor to be your Excellencys most obedient Servant
Knox
Sec of War —
His Excellency
Govr Collins
Type
Contemporary Copy of Letter
Description
Letter, discusses payment of invalid pensions.
Date
01/28/1790
Author
Recipient
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War Office
Repository
Collection
Document number
1790012800001
Page start
1
Note
Govenor Collins of Rhode Island.
Notable persons
John Collins
Henry Knox
Notable locations
War Office
Rhode Island
Notable items
no returns have yet been received from the State of Rhode Island
request your excellency that they may be forwarded forthwith to this office
absolutely necessary in order to ascertain the amount to be arranged by the Secretary of the Treasury with the persons appointed to pay the invalid
first payment of the invalids of the different states