Each Officer 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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[undecipherable: Gentlemen of the] [undecipherable]
[undecipherable: Accountant] [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] Sep 20, 179[undecipherable]
Sir
It is intended that [undecipherable] the Officers are [undecipherable] their own pay [undecipherable] to be remitted [undecipherable] to this office at the expiration of every [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] place annually [undecipherable]
in the usual way. [undecipherable] officers [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] pay bills for that [undecipherable] —
I am
Sir
your Obedt Servt
[undecipherable signature]
[undecipherable: Secy?]
[address:]
Ensign
David Thompson
Winchester
Virginia
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
1795042822001
Page start
1
Note
Mostly illegible.
Notable persons
David Thompson
William Simmons
Notable locations
Winchester, Virginia
Department of War, Accountant's Office