Request for Check Carried by Col. Fish for Balance Due Muster Roll
Document 1794Requested answer on mistake in pay rolls that Sedam discovered and previously reported to Howell, but did not receive a reply. Sedam believed that his original letter must have been misdirected or lost. Also requested that Howell send a small check for the money due those on the muster roll. Advised Howell send the check via Col. Fish.
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Governors Island
Nov. 23. 1794
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To the [undecipherable] General
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Governors Island November 23 - 1794
Sir
I Wrote you Sometime ago Concerning a Mistake in one of the Pay Rolls but never have Received your Answer this has Made me Suppose that the Letter must have been Miscarried I also sent you a Muster Roll for the month of October Could you make it Convenient to send a small Cheeck Upon Roll From for the Ballance Due you will much
Oblige your friend
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Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Requested answer on mistake in pay rolls that Sedam discovered and previously reported to Howell, but did not receive a reply. Sedam believed that his original letter must have been misdirected or lost. Also requested that Howell send a small check for the money due those on the muster roll. Advised Howell send the check via Col. Fish.
Date
11/23/1794
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Governor's Island
Document number
1794112370101
Page start
1
Notable persons
Joseph Howell
Cornelius Sedam
Fish
Notable locations
Governor's Island
Notable items
letter
pay roll
roll
muster roll