Pay of Prisoners and Deserters
Document 1795In addition to a discussion of Eatons' pay, Howell notes that he has decided to pay of prisoners from the time they were apprehended until they are discharged, deducting the expenses incurred during their capture. The pay of deserters is to apply only to the period before their desertion and the period after they have resumed their duties.
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[No. 8.]
[Department of War]
Accountants Office March 4. 1795
Sir, You have rec'd or when [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] to pay you Two hundred & Eight [undecipherable] Dollars [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] for your own [undecipherable] for the said [undecipherable] time
your [undecipherable] between [undecipherable] October & 31 [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
which you will receipt to be accountable for the distribution
[undecipherable] to the [undecipherable] receipt rolls which when sign'd to be
[undecipherable] to th[is] Office [undecipherable] your [undecipherable] of the [undecipherable]
You will observe that I have
made up this [undecipherable] the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] are [undecipherable] taken from the
time they were [undecipherable] [undecipherable] to furnish a fund to
discharge the expenses of their [undecipherable: capture] or [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
of which you will take receipts to be [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
[undecipherable]. The [undecipherable] [undecipherable] to be [undecipherable] from the time
their [undecipherable] until they [undecipherable] upon duty [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] after a while cover the expenses incurr'd [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
their demerits
— I am Sir —
your ob'd. Ser't
[undecipherable: Joseph Howell]
[undecipherable] Ma[undecipherable]
Type
Letter Signed
Description
In addition to a discussion of Eatons' pay, Howell notes that he has decided to pay of prisoners from the time they were apprehended until they are discharged, deducting the expenses incurred during their capture. The pay of deserters is to apply only to the period before their desertion and the period after they have resumed their duties.
Date
03/04/1795
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Department of War
Document number
1795030421101
Page start
1
Note
Largely illegible.
Notable persons
William Eaton
Joseph Howell
Notable locations
Department of War, Accountant's Office

