Query on Payment of Deserter Captured by Enlisted Men
Document 1796Hale sends his recruiting account, and hopes to pay the men their full bounties once mustered. He asks whether he should pay the full bounty on a deserter apprehended by men of the corps.
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Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Hale sends his recruiting account, and hopes to pay the men their full bounties once mustered. He asks whether he should pay the full bounty on a deserter apprehended by men of the corps.
Date
01/29/1796
Author
Recipient
Sent from
West Point
Repository
Document number
1796012970001
Page start
1
Notable persons
William Simmons
David Hale
recruits
deserter
private men of the corps
Notable locations
Philadelphia
West Point
Notable items
recruiting
muster
bounties
statement
balance of money
Articles of War
premium
apprehension of a deserter