Concerns Relative to Paying the Officers & Men of the Late Expedition
Document 1794Carrington explains in considerable detail his views regarding the methods of paying the officers and men who participated in the conflict against the insurgency in western Pennsylvania.
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Type
Contemporary Copy of Letter Signed
Description
Carrington explains in considerable detail his views regarding the methods of paying the officers and men who participated in the conflict against the insurgency in western Pennsylvania.
Date
12/26/1794
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Richmond
Repository
Collection
Document number
1794122690301
Notable persons
Alexander Hamilton
Edward Carrington
Governor [Henry] Lee
several detachments
the Treasury
the Legislature
Speculators
soldier
officer
brigadiers of militia
claimants
Brigade
the Virginia line
thin corps
General [Daniel] Morgan
Supernumary officers
Colonel [Orway] Byrd
Major [John] Pryor
Notable locations
Richmond
Winchester
Philadelphia
Maryland
Fort Cumberland
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Notable items
appropriated funds
existing revenues
balances of pay
an honest administration
claims
every evil
subsequent musters
settlement of the accounts
receipts
oaths of the payers
moderate commissions
the late expedition
reduction of officers and wagons
transportation
forage
fuel
straw
staff arrangement
inspections and musters of the troops