Pay of Lt. Elmer's Recruits
Document 1794Enclosed is the sum of $14.47 pay for the recruits. In the future, when a soldier makes his mark on the receipt roll, it should be witnessed by a person of responsibility.
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[Sr]
Wr D Accountants Office
December 19th 1794
Inclosed you have a pay ust of your Recruits to the 30th November 1794 inclusive amounting to Fourteen Dollars &47 Cents which you will please pay agreeably thereto. Also a receipt roll which will serve as a form in taking the receipts of your men in future, you will observe that were a Soldier marks his mark it must be witnessed by a person of responsibility.
Lt Theophilus Elmer
of the Corps of Artillerists &
Engineers — Philadelphia —
I am Sr &c
Joseph Howell
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Wr D Accountants Office
December 19th 1794
[Sr]
Be pleased to transmit to Capt. Rt S Blackburn of the Corps of Artillerists & engineers at Norfolk the sum of Two hundred and thirty seven dollars and 30/16 hav likewise remitted to you, intended to have been paid to Capt. Nicholas Hannah, and take his receipt accordingly to be accountable.
John Carrington Esqr
Supervisor — Richmond
Virginia —
I am Sr &c
Benjn mr Mifflin
In the Absence of the
Accountant
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Enclosed is the sum of $14.47 pay for the recruits. In the future, when a soldier makes his mark on the receipt roll, it should be witnessed by a person of responsibility.
Date
12/19/1794
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Document number
1794121921055
Page start
400
Notable persons
Lieutenant Theophilus Elmer
Joseph Howell
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Accountant's Office

