Pay Due the Scouts of Mercer County
Document 1793Mr. Britt has been given the pay due the scouts of Mercer County for their service in 1790 to be refunded to Swan if the payments are not made. Chrisopher Greenough has been authorized to receive the money and has informed Howell that he has made the payments. Howell therefore has paid him and taken his indemnification so Swan should appropriate the same sum in discharge of the pay, subsistence, and forage of the Army.
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[To Lieut Steven Ely
Corporal of the Corp
Third Pontius
[undecipherable] 28 1797
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Type
Draft Letter Signed
Description
Mr. Britt has been given the pay due the scouts of Mercer County for their service in 1790 to be refunded to Swan if the payments are not made. Chrisopher Greenough has been authorized to receive the money and has informed Howell that he has made the payments. Howell therefore has paid him and taken his indemnification so Swan should appropriate the same sum in discharge of the pay, subsistence, and forage of the Army.
Date
12/28/1793
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Department
Document number
1793122821001
Page start
1
Notable persons
Caleb Swan, Paymaster of the Troops
Joseph Howell
Notable locations
War Department, Accountant's Office
Headquarters