Invoice of Pay and Pensions for Invalids
Document 1791The letter provides a list of pay and pensions due to military invalids in Delaware, with notation of those who have moved or are deceased. The second page concludes with an order to pay the pensions out of treasury funds.
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[List of Invalid
Pensioners Delaware
Commenc'd from the 5th of March 1790
to the 4th March 1791 inclusively]
List of Invalid Pensioners belonging to the
State of Delaware, with the monthly allowance to
each, and the amount for twelve Months, beginning the 5
day of March 1790, and ending the 4th of March 1791.
monthly Amount for
Allowance 12 Months
No Names Rank Drs 90ths Dolls Cts
1 Edward Armstrong Lieutenant 12 33⅓ 148
2 Darby Blaney Private 3 36
3 John Brown ditto 5 60
4 Michael Coyne ditto 2 24
5 [undecipherable] [undecipherable] ditto 2 50 30
6 John Gilpin ditto 5 60
7 Isaac Carroll ditto 5 60
8 Patrick Dunn [undecipherable] Serjeant 5 60
9 Charles Diel [undecipherable] Corporal 5 60
10 [undecipherable] Evans Serjeant 5 60
11 Joseph Ferguson [undecipherable] Private 5 60
12 George Griffin ditto 6 68⅓ [undecipherable]
13 [undecipherable] [undecipherable] ditto 5 60
14 Thomas [undecipherable: Nieldson] ditto 5 60
15 Daniel [undecipherable: Leary] [undecipherable] ditto 5 60
16 Timothy Linfield ditto 3 36
17 William McKinney Captain 20 240
18 Thomas McGuire Serjeant 5 60
19 James Murphy ditto 5 60
20 Archibald McBride [undecipherable] ditto 5 60
21 John Mc[undecipherable] Private 3 36
22 James McGill ditto 2 50 30
23 John Pemberton [undecipherable] ditto 5 60
24 Andrew Pollard [undecipherable] ditto 5 60
25 John Peterson ditto 5 60
26 Levin [undecipherable: Painter] ditto 5 60
27 William [undecipherable: Robbin] Serjeant 5 60
Amount Carried forward Ds 1644
[NB Inclusive of [undecipherable] Invalids on this List formerly allowed by the [undecipherable] of Pennsylvania]
Allowance 12 Months
No Names Rank Drs 90ths Dolls Cts
Amount brought forward
28 Joseph Sapp Private 5 60
29 John Shelton ditto 3 36
30 George Stewart ditto 2 24
31 Thomas [undecipherable: Braiser] ditto 5 [undecipherable]
32 Richard [undecipherable: Frasure] ditto [undecipherable] 5 [undecipherable]
33 Thomas Watson Serjeant 4 48
34 Thomas Wells ditto 5 60
35 John Whittington Private 2 24
[undecipherable] by Extra [undecipherable] act 8th March 1789
36 [undecipherable] McCubbin 3
2016
120
Ds 2136
Sir
Pay out of the Sum furnished you by the
Honorable Secretary of the Treasury for this purpose
the Sum of two thousand one hundred and thirty six
Dollars, to the within named Invalids of the
United States, or their legal Representatives and assigns ac-
cording to the Sums respectively opposite their names
respectively, being for the amount of their annual
pensions from the 5th of March 1790 to the 4th of
March 1791 inclusively, for which payment this
shall be your sufficient warrant —
Given at the War Office in the
City of Philadelphia this ninth
day of January one thousand
seven hundred and ninety one
$2136 Dollars H Knox
Secy of War
To James Tilton Esqre
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
The letter provides a list of pay and pensions due to military invalids in Delaware, with notation of those who have moved or are deceased. The second page concludes with an order to pay the pensions out of treasury funds.
Date
02/09/1791
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Office
Repository
Collection
Document number
1791020900101
Page start
1
Note
Warrant to Pay Pensioners.
Notable persons
James Tilton
Henry Knox
invalid pensioners
Lieutenant Edward Armstrong
Private John Blaney
Private John Brown
Private Richard Cogan
Private John Connor
Private John Clifton
Private Isaac Cavvel
Private Isaac Carvel
Sergeant Patrick Dunn
Corporal Charles Dowd
Sergeant Jenkin Evans
Private Joseph Ferguson
Private George Griffin
Private Rinley Hazlet
Private Thomas Holdston
Private Dennis Leary
Private Timothy Layfield
Captain William McKennan
Sergeant Thomas McGuire
Sergeant Hames Murphy
Sergeant Archibald McBride
Private John McKnight
Private John McGill
Private John Pemberton
Private Andrew Pollard
Private John Peterson
Private Levin Pointer
Levy Pointer
Sergeant William Redden
Private Joseph Sapp
Private John Shelton
Private George Stewart
Private Thomas Shriver
Private Richard Treasure
Sergeant Thomas Watson
Sergeant Thomas Wells
Private John Whittington
Joseph McGibbon
Secretary of the Treasury
legal representatives
Notable locations
War Office
Delaware
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Ohio
North Carolina
Philadelphia
Notable items
list of invalid pensioners
warrant
payment
monthly allowance
deceased
ration
pay
funds

