Regarding pay in arrears, the costliness of recruiting, discrepencies in pay estimates
Document 1796Happy new year. Soldiers in arrears of pay are few, comparatively speaking. Business of recruiting requires more money. Addresses the difference in calculations of pay between Simmons and Swan.
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Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Happy new year. Soldiers in arrears of pay are few, comparatively speaking. Business of recruiting requires more money. Addresses the difference in calculations of pay between Simmons and Swan.
Date
02/06/1796
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Greenville
Repository
Document number
1796020670101
Page start
1
Note
Cited in Simmons to Swan 03/19/1796
Notable persons
William Simmons
Caleb Swan
Brigadier General James Wilkinson
war department accountant
Notable locations
Greenville
War Department
accountant's office
Philadelphia
Notable items
pay
recruiting
estimates