Sums Transmitted to Capt. Russell Bissell
Document 1795The Treasurer will remit to Chester sums to be transmitted to Captain Russell Bissell for the following: the balance of pay and subsistence due Ensign Peter Frothingham, the subsistence of Captain Bissell, and the pay of Captain Bissell and his recruits.
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Department of War
Accountants Office
Jany 23d, [1795?]
[to?] The Treasurer will Remit [undecipherable] to be
transmitted to Capt. Russell Bissell at [undecipherable]
the sum of three hundred, eighty one dollars [undecipherable]
Cents;— One hundred three Dollars & one Cent is [for] the
balance of Pay & Subsistence, due to Ensign [undecipherable]
[undecipherable], from the 3d of July to the 31st [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] & four Cents for the
[undecipherable] sh[are] of Capt. Bissell, from the 1st of April to the
31 of December 1794 and One hundred eighty Dolla[rs]
& Seventy Cents for the Pay of Capt. Bissell & his
[warrants?] for October, November & December 1794
for which you will please take his receipt & be
Accountable —
Sam[uel?]
Sir
John Chester Esqr. Your ob[edien]t [ser]v[an]t
Wethersfield.
Type
Letter
Description
The Treasurer will remit to Chester sums to be transmitted to Captain Russell Bissell for the following: the balance of pay and subsistence due Ensign Peter Frothingham, the subsistence of Captain Bissell, and the pay of Captain Bissell and his recruits.
Date
01/23/1795
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Department of War
Document number
1795012321101
Page start
1
Note
Partially illegible.
The author is not shown but, based on content, it is presumed to be Joseph Howell.
Notable persons
John Chester
Joseph Howell
Notable locations
Wethersfield
Department of War, Accountant's Office

