Pay Rolls Due Every Two Months
Document 1795It is expected that in the future every officer will make out their own pay rolls and transmit them with their muster rolls at the end of each two-month period. An examination will then take place and the amounts therein will be transmitted through the usual channels.
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[undecipherable]
Department of War
Accountants Office
April 18, 1795
Sir
[undecipherable] office is to make out his own pay [roll] — [undecipherable] with
th expiration of [every] [undecipherable] [to] [bring] [them] with [the] [me]
[le] this Off[ice] with an Examination [undecipherable] fl[undecipherable]
[mend] [the] [from] [it to] the [usual] [me]
enclose you the blank for th[is] /
[undecipherable]
Your humble Servt
[undecipherable: signature]
[undecipherable: Frederick?] [?]
[undecipherable]
Salem
Massachusetts
Type
Letter Signed
Description
It is expected that in the future every officer will make out their own pay rolls and transmit them with their muster rolls at the end of each two-month period. An examination will then take place and the amounts therein will be transmitted through the usual channels.
Date
04/28/1795
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Department of War
Document number
1795042821201
Page start
1
Note
Mostly illegible.
Notable persons
Frederick Frye
William Simmons
Notable locations
Salem, Massachusetts
Department of War, Accountant's Office
Notable items
blank pay rolls