Pay of the Mounted Volunteers & the Regular Troops, Etc.
Document 1794Howell is remitting to Swan a sum to be forwarded to the Commanding Officer at Fort Fayette to be applied on account of the mounted volunteers and the pay, subsistence, and forage of the regular troops for August. Application has been made for the pay of James Smith, late of Capt. Russell Bissell's Company, his discharge having been lost or mislaid. Howell cannot ascertain whether he has been paid and orders Swan to always note on the discharge paper how the man has been paid.
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Draft Letter Signed
Description
Howell is remitting to Swan a sum to be forwarded to the Commanding Officer at Fort Fayette to be applied on account of the mounted volunteers and the pay, subsistence, and forage of the regular troops for August. Application has been made for the pay of James Smith, late of Capt. Russell Bissell's Company, his discharge having been lost or mislaid. Howell cannot ascertain whether he has been paid and orders Swan to always note on the discharge paper how the man has been paid.
Date
10/15/1794
Author
Recipient
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War Department
Document number
1794101521001
Page start
1
Notable persons
Caleb Swan, Paymaster
Joseph Howell
Francis Mentges
Notable locations
War Department, Accountant's Office