Each Officer Must Make Out His Own Payroll
Document 1795Enclosed are blank payrolls. 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 in the usual manner.
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[undecipherable]
Department of War
Accountants Office
April 18, 179[undecipherable]
I enclose you some blank pay [undecipherable]
it is intended that for the future each
[undecipherable] is to make out his pay [undecipherable] and transmit
it [undecipherable] with the Muster at the expiration of
[undecipherable] Month when an examination will [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] and the Money transmitted in the usual [undecipherable]
I am
Sir
your obt. st.
[undecipherable: probable reading Simmons]
[undecipherable] of the Engineers
Type
Letter Signed
Description
Enclosed are blank payrolls. 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 in the usual manner.
Date
04/28/1795
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Department of War
Document number
1795042821301
Page start
1
Note
Partially illegible.
Notable persons
James Gamble
William Simmons
Notable locations
Department of War, Accountant's Office