Pay to Soldiers Confined by Civil Authority
Document 1794Officers are not permitted to pay soldiers confined by the Civil Authority so the date of their imprisonment and release should be maintained on the muster roll. Application has made to the War Office respecting the clothing for Capt. Bruff's recruits.
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W.D. Accountants Office
Sir August 9th 1792
I have received your letter of 6th
inst enclosing your Muster rolls. The amount
due each recruit in July is so small that I
have concluded to defer remitting their pay un-
till this month has expired, as soon as that is
the case you will be pleased to muster your
recruits and send in duplicate rolls— It is not
agreeable to me to allow pay to Soldiers con-
fined by the Civil Authority, the date of their
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Officers are not permitted to pay soldiers confined by the Civil Authority so the date of their imprisonment and release should be maintained on the muster roll. Application has made to the War Office respecting the clothing for Capt. Bruff's recruits.
Date
08/09/1794
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Document number
1794080921455
Page start
255
Notable persons
Captain James Bruff
Joseph Howell
Notable locations
Baltimore
Accountant's Office