Balance Due a Detachment of Captain Slough's Men
Document 1793Enclosed is a continuation of payments made until March 1st. Also forwarded is a packet of payrolls for payments made to detachments previous to March. There is a balance due Captain Slough's men which should be paid. Those men have been settled with except for Marcus O'Donald.
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War department,
Accountants office
June 8th 1793
Sir
Enclosed you will receive a continuation
of payments made [strikethrough: to accountants, agreed by the Sec of]
War, [strikethrough: and also bits of] pay Rolls [strikethrough: never forwarded in
a separate Packing] I have also forwarded you in a
separate Packet a number of pay Rolls, of [undecipherable] for
payments made to detachments, previous to their March,
a list of which I have enclosed — On the 25 Jany last
I wrote you relative to a balance due a detachment of [Capt?]
Rough Men requesting you to pay it — since which I have
now [to inform you]
[undecipherable] that those Men have been [settled]
with [except Marcus O'Donald,] you will therefore
govern yourself accordingly — I am preparing the
[pay?] for the Month of March & I am Sir
your Obedt
[left margin:] expect to send with it a sum
sufficient to reimble those Men
whose times of [service] expire in this Year
Caleb Swan Esqr
[Signed] [undecipherable: probable reading Howell]
Type
Draft Letter Signed
Description
Enclosed is a continuation of payments made until March 1st. Also forwarded is a packet of payrolls for payments made to detachments previous to March. There is a balance due Captain Slough's men which should be paid. Those men have been settled with except for Marcus O'Donald.
Date
06/08/1793
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Department
Document number
1793060821001
Page start
1
Note
Cited in Swan to Howell, 06/23/1793.
Notable persons
Caleb Swan
Joseph Howell
Notable locations
War Department, Accountant's Office
Notable items
packet
pay rolls

