The Correct Method for Completing a Muster Roll
Document 1795Howell instructs Captain Blackburn as to the correct method of completing his muster rolls. It is necessary to place the names of those present opposite each other in the column for that purpose.
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Department of W[ar]
Accountant's Offe[ce]
July 13. 97
Sir
I am again under the nec[essity] of [returning your] Muster Rolls, as it is so incorrect it is impossible to make a [proper] [undecipherable] of it; you have not placed the names of those [nearest] opposite each other in the column for that purpose — [undecipherable] — what has become of them — please to refer to my [letter] of 22d ultt. —
I am
Sir
your obedt [servt]
[signature]
[Cap]t Rick S. Blackburn
[undecipherable]
Virginia
Type
Letter Signed
Description
Howell instructs Captain Blackburn as to the correct method of completing his muster rolls. It is necessary to place the names of those present opposite each other in the column for that purpose.
Date
02/13/1795
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Department of War
Document number
1795021321001
Page start
1
Note
Partlally illegible.
Notable persons
Richard Blackburn
Joseph Howell
Notable locations
Department of War
Norfolk, Virginia