Decision to pay discharged troops 6 months pay
Document 1791Vanden Brock conveyed Secretary of War Knox's approval of Howell's proposal to pay men discharged on six months pay and let the residue remain until settlement of their accounts can be completed.
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[3 February 1791
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The Secy of War
directing Six months pay
to [undecipherable] [undecipherable] men
& [undecipherable] [undecipherable] to [undecipherable] men
Discharge on 1791—]
War department Feby 3d 1791
Sir,
I am directed by the Secretary for the department of war to inform you, that he fully approves, of the Idea Suggested in your letter of this date, to pay to the men now discharged only Six months pay, and to let the residue remain, untill a Settlement of their accounts can take place —.
in consequence the Secretary requests you will be so obliging as to pay each of them Six months pay on account —
I am respectfully
Sir,
your most obedient
Servant
R. J. vanden Brock
Type
Document Signed
Description
Vanden Brock conveyed Secretary of War Knox's approval of Howell's proposal to pay men discharged on six months pay and let the residue remain until settlement of their accounts can be completed.
Date
02/03/1791
Recipient
Sent from
War Department
Document number
1791020315001
Page start
1
Notable persons
Joseph Howell
R. J.
Vanden Brock
Secretary of War
discharged soldiers
Notable locations
War Department
Notable items
accounts
pay