Schuyler discusses invalid pensions with Knox
Document 1790Letter, discusses Invalid pensions.
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[Augt 7. 1790 / from Gen[era]l Schuyler C[o?]]
[Address on reverse, upside-down: [undecipherable], present / Henry / H. [undecipherable]]
Gen[era]l Schuyler C[ongress?], [17]90 &
Sir
The Committee to whom is referred the [strikethrough: [undecipherable]] Bill providing for the payment of Lady Sterling's pension intend to repeal a provision for the arrears of pensions due to wounded and disabled officers & soldiers. — will you be so good, [strikethrough: will (You be so good] as to [place?] do a return to be made out of he [names?] of the pensioners, the states in which those pensions have been [undecipherable] and the arrears due to [last?] day of April 1789—
Also a [return?] to make [up?] of the arrears of pensions due to that day to the [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] of such as have [undecipherable] or were [undecipherable] whilst in Service and [undecipherable] pensions have been allowed
I am Sir
your most obedient
servant
Ph. Schuyler
Saturday 7 Aug. 1790
[To?] Gen[era]l Knox
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Letter, discusses Invalid pensions.
Date
08/07/1790
Author
Recipient
Repository
Collection
Document number
1790080740001
Page start
1
Notable persons
Henry Knox
Schuyler
Lady Sterling
Notable items
to whom is referred the petition bill providing for the payment of Lady Sterling's pension intend to report a provision for the pensions dut to
return to be made out of the names of the pensioner, the states in which their pensions have been certifyed
due to each up to the last days of April
estimate
have died or were killed whilst in service and to whom pensions have been allowed
[killed in action]

