[Circular] Notification of Pay
Document 1792Details of how scouts for Ohio County would be paid in the future with orders to pay scouts for previous service.
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[(circular)]
War department,
25th October 1792.
Sir,
The scouts which have been, or may be called into actual Service for the defensive protection of the county of Ohio, by virtue of the authority contained in my letter to you of the 29th of December last, will in future be paid by the paymaster at Head quarters, by warrant from the commander in chief or commanding general; and monies have been already forwarded for that purpose to pay them up to the 1st of August last.
I am,
Sir,
Your humble Servant,
Knox
To
The lieutenant of the county
of Ohio — Virginia.
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Details of how scouts for Ohio County would be paid in the future with orders to pay scouts for previous service.
Date
10/26/1792
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Department
Collection
Document number
1792102600001
Page start
1
Notable persons
David Shepherd
Henry Knox
scouts
paymaster
Commander in Chief
county lieutenant
Notable locations
War Department
Ohio County
Virginia
Headquarters
Notable items
circular
authority
warrant
monies

