Half-Pay Due Widows and Orphans
Document 1791The Secretary for the Department of War to whom was referred the petition of Anne Roberts and of the orphan children of the late Major Andrew Leitch and of the late Captain William White reports that the half pay due widows and orphans had not been paid by United States due to lack of proper application. He advises that applications for half-pay should be made to states of residence.
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The Secretary for the Department of War to whom was referred the petition of Anne Roberts and of the orphan children of the late Major Andrew Leitch and of the late Captain William White reports that the half pay due widows and orphans had not been paid by United States due to lack of proper application. He advises that applications for half-pay should be made to states of residence.
Date
02/14/1791
Author
Sent from
War Office
Document number
1791021400001
Page start
1
Notable persons
Henry Knox
widow
Anne Roberts
orphan children
Major Andrew Leitch
Captain William White
Colonel Owen Roberts
Regiment of Artillery
First Virginia Continental Regiment
Massachusetts Line
widows
orphans
Register of the Treasury
Comptroller
Notable locations
War Office
Virginia
Massachusetts
South Carolina
Notable items
petitions
mortally wounded
in service
killed
half pay
resolve of Congress
returns
accounts of the states
nonpayment
want of proper application
unliquidated demands
certificate