Letter from the War Department to the Governor of Rhode Island
Document 1790Letter, discusses military pensions due invalids, widows and orphans; discusses arrears due pensioners.
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Type
Contemporary Copy of Letter
Description
Letter, discusses military pensions due invalids, widows and orphans; discusses arrears due pensioners.
Date
09/15/1790
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Department
Repository
Collection
Document number
1790091500201
Page start
1
Notable persons
William Greene
Henry Knox
Notable locations
War Department
Rhode Island
United States
Notable items
request that you would be pleased to cause me to be informed whether any such payment of arrears has been made
date of the list transmitted to this office by your direction
partial payment
amount to each individual
presuming on the accuracy of the list received
entitled to pensions by the Acts of Congress for the arrears of their pensions
necessary to ascertain with precision the sum due to each individual of the above description
several of the states may have paid a part or the whole of the said arrears since the return received at this office
Congress of the United States have directed the register of the Treasury to issue certificates to the military invalids and the widows and orphans of