Enclosed Bounty and Payment for Recruiting Services
Document 1791Letter, encloses draft for money for recruiting.
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Pay Office 20th August 1791
Sir,
By direction of the Secretary of War I herein enclose you a draft on the Bank of New york for One hundred & Sixty Dollars, being for Bounty of six dollars & Premium Five dollars each for inlisting twenty men, for which you will please to transmit me duplicate Receipts by Separate Posts under cover, to the Secretary of War —
I am —
Sir —
Your obedient Servant
Joseph Howell
Lieut Bazaleel Howe.
[verso, address panel, largely illegible]
[From / Jos. Howell / 20th August / 1791]
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Letter, encloses draft for money for recruiting.
Date
08/20/1791
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Pay Office
Collection
Document number
1791082021001
Page start
1
Notable persons
Bezaleel Howe
Joseph Howell
Secretary of War.
Notable locations
Pay Office
New York.
Notable items
Bank of New York
dollars
bounty
premium
posts
receipts.