Each Officeer is to Make Out His Own Payroll
Document 1795It 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. Enclosed are some blank payroll forms for that purpose.
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Department of [War?]
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Sir,
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Department of War
Accountants Office
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[undecipherable] Ledger[?]
Philadelphia
Type
Letter Signed
Description
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. Enclosed are some blank payroll forms for that purpose.
Date
04/28/1795
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Department of War
Document number
1795042821901
Page start
1
Note
Mostly illegible.
Notable persons
Cornelius Sedam
William Simmons
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Department of War, Accountant's Office