Recount of Pay Due Captain Sedam
Document 1794Captain Sedam laments the lack of timely pay as a great detriment to the recruiting service. On the reverse side is a memo by Howell disputing Sedam's claims. He notes that it is notorious in the Army that no officer has more attention paid him.
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On the 5th of 93 Capt Sedan recd his own pay & Subsn. 6l Octr pd in advance. his recruits were, [undecipherable] paid to 1 Decr 93
he sent on his muster for Decr & Jany. The error in the roll of Decr 93 obliged me to obtain information of his Accot
&c — I stated the transaction of the pay although it has been all recd as amoug 31 Decr 94. Due in that month, but it Should have been Dly his muster I should have [strikethrough: re] him the pay of the men he left at Brunswick — In march he wrote for pay of them, as then could not be granted untill the act of appropriation passed. before this letter arrived I had reported on the rolls Jany & Feby — I am exceedingly surprised that Capt Sedan should make any complaint upon whatever, for it is notorious that no officer in the Army has had more attention, paid him than Capt Sedan — I can only attribute it to his ignorance of [strikethrough: Papers] business —
the necessity of an [undecipherable: Apportionmt] being requisite and [undecipherable: fashion] previous to Muster, being sent in May of this Year —
Memo of the Accountant to the Secry of War this 5 Al [undecipherable]
[written vertically in left margin:]
to the principal of Capt Sedans letter of the 9th June 1794
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Captain Sedam laments the lack of timely pay as a great detriment to the recruiting service. On the reverse side is a memo by Howell disputing Sedam's claims. He notes that it is notorious in the Army that no officer has more attention paid him.
Date
04/05/1794
Author
Recipient
Document number
1794040521001
Page start
2
Note
Memo written on the back of Sedam to Howell, 03/03/1794.
Notable persons
Henry Knox
Joseph Howell
Captain Cornelius Sedam
recruiting service
1st Sub Legion
soldiers
accountant
Notable locations
Albany
New York
West Point
Notable items
pay
recruiting
lack of pay
late pay
memo

