No Money for the Recruiting Service
Document 1795Dayton's account of his rations while at Elizabeth Town and West Point are enclosed together with the Contractor's certificates. Following Major Tousard's orders, he has recruited four or five men despite the lack of recruiting money. He advanced them their bounty with the expectation that money would be sent but so far that has not occurred.
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Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Dayton's account of his rations while at Elizabeth Town and West Point are enclosed together with the Contractor's certificates. Following Major Tousard's orders, he has recruited four or five men despite the lack of recruiting money. He advanced them their bounty with the expectation that money would be sent but so far that has not occurred.
Date
10/08/1795
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Governors Island
Document number
1795100870001
Page start
1
Notable persons
William Simmons
Horatio Dayton
Artillerists and Engineers
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Governors Island