Pay Rolls Examined, Subsistence Accounts of Officers

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Type

Letterbook

Description

Informs Freeman that the pay rolls of the Corps of Artillerists & Engineers has been examined by the office, the amount due being 3534 dollars - to be remitted to Supervisor Nicholas Fish in New York. Goes on to detail how officers are to receive their subsistence and rations, emphasizing the rules and regulations established. Forwards contract price for clothing and arms, corrects recruiting accounts. Discusses procedure for applying for money.

Date

01/30/1796

Author

William Simmons

Recipient

Nehemiah Freeman

Sent from

War Accountant's Office

Repository

National Archives and Records Administration

Collection

Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)

Document number

1796013021755

Page start

409

Notable persons

Nehemiah Freeman
William Simmons
Nicholas Fish
Corps of Artillerists and Engineers
officers
Commanding Officer of the Post
Philip Roderigue
Philip Roderique
cadet
sergeant
Contractor
Henry Stacks
James Willis
Theo McBride
deserters
Captain Gamble
Thomas Dungan
James Bennet
Colonel Stephen Rochefontaine
Treasury Department
recruiting officers

Notable locations

West Point
Department of War Accountant's Office
New York

Notable items

pay rolls
list of alterations
duplicate receipts
receipt rolls
vouchers
subsistence accounts
unappropriated monies
rations
sworn
abstract
contract prices of clothing and arms
schedule
deductions
deserted
court martial
recruiting account
bounty
claims
regimental chests
chirurgical instruments
surgical instruments
advances
inspection
settle their accounts
pay of their men
receipts