Letter from the Commissioner of Army Accounts
Document 1791Encloses a statement on a particular account; mentions vouchers, bounties, pay, and subsistence. Colonel Stewart's vouchers for recruiting were lost or destroyed.
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[undecipherable]
Philad. Aprie 19. 1791
Sir
Enclosed is a statement of the Account of [undecipherable] for bala. of Pay & Subsistence— also a Statement of Account for Recruiting Men in 1779— as Col. Stewart's Voucher for recruiting were lost or destroyed I was under the necessity of appealing to the Muster Rolls, from which it appears that 153 Men were recruited their being the best evidence there could be obtain- of the payment of the Bounties induced me to admit it—
I am Sir
Your Obd. Ser.
J. [undecipherable]
Oliver Wolcott Jun. Esc.
Aud.r of the Trea[su]ry
[Docket:] Aprue 19. 1791 Dr
to Oliver Wolcott Jr. his
[undecipherable]
Stewart— 2 m[o]s.—
1/ 22.03
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Encloses a statement on a particular account; mentions vouchers, bounties, pay, and subsistence. Colonel Stewart's vouchers for recruiting were lost or destroyed.
Date
04/19/1791
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
Document number
1791041921001
Page start
1
Notable persons
Oliver Wolcott Jr.
Joseph Howell
Colonel Stewart
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Maryland
Notable items
statement of account
pay
subsistence
vouchers
recruiting
lost
destroyed
muster rolls
reenlisted
payment
bounties

