Pay and Recruits
Document 1795Pay and muster rolls of Capt. Crawford's detachment enclosed. Request for blank muster and pay rolls. Recruits for militia formed into two detachments under General Morgan.
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Pittsburg, 29 May 1795.
Sir
Your Letter of 22d instant is receied and I now Transmit you inclosed herewith Muster & Pay Rolls of Captain Crawfords Detachment for January 1st February 1795. The amount paid for three months is six Hundred and fourteen Dollars and Twelve Cents, which please to place to my Credit
I have stated to Captain Crawford the monies unaccounted for, up to the 1st of October 1794. and he is endeavouring to procure Vouchers, you a part of it the remainder he says he will refund. Captain Hill and Lieut Polhemus have been informed of the monies unaccounted for by them I presume will either refund or produce Voucher of Proper Expenditures
A further supply of Muster Pay Rolls &c is necessary as Colt Butler has formed three new Detachments of the Recruit raisin out of the Militia lately under the Command of Gent Morgan.
I am Sir
Your Obt & Humt Servt
J Craig.
[your Simmons
Act war D
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Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Pay and muster rolls of Capt. Crawford's detachment enclosed. Request for blank muster and pay rolls. Recruits for militia formed into two detachments under General Morgan.
Date
05/29/1795
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Pittsburgh
Collection
Document number
1795052979001
Page start
1
Note
Cited in Simmons to Craig.
Notable persons
William Simmons
Isaac Craig
detachment
Captain Crawford
Captain Heth
Lieutenant Polhemus
Colonel Butler
recruits
militia
General Morgan
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Notable items
pay roll
muster roll
vouchers
refund
proper expenditures

