Each Officer Must Make Out His Own Payroll
Document 1795Enclosed are some blank payroll forms. It is intended 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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Department of War
· Accountant's Office
· April 28, 1795
Sir,
[undecipherable] you [undecipherable] thank [undecipherable] [undecipherable] as intended that on [future?] that each [Offi]cer[undecipherable] to make out his own [undecipherable]bill and [undecipherable] muster [roll?] with the [Muster?] to this Office at the [expiration?] of two [months?] when [an?] [Exam?][undecipherable] been [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [thereof?] [undecipherable] usual manner —
[f]rom
Sir
your humble Servant
[Signature: [undecipherable]]
[[undecipherable] [Mich?]
[undecipherable] of [His?] [Excellency?]]
Type
Letter Signed
Description
Enclosed are some blank payroll forms. It is intended 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
1795042821601
Page start
1
Note
Mostly illegible.
Notable persons
John Parker Hale
William Simmons
Notable locations
Department of War, Accountant's Office