Description of Accounting Procedures for Paymasters; Outlines Difficulties in Chain of Command
Document 1796Letter, describes procedures and orders regarding pay at West Point which the commandant has ordered him to adopt and follow.
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Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Letter, describes procedures and orders regarding pay at West Point which the commandant has ordered him to adopt and follow.
Date
03/01/1796
Author
Recipient
Sent from
West Point
Collection
Document number
1796030170002
Page start
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Notable persons
William Simmons
Nehemiah Freeman
commandant
Lieutenant Colonel Commandant of the Corps
paymaster
Mr. Freeman
adjutant
commanding officers at Governor's Island
Captain Morris
paymaster to the corps
Captain Blackburn's recruits
temporary paymaster at West Point.
Notable locations
West Point
Governor's Island
New York.
Notable items
money
pay of the troops
pay
regimental chest
claims
sums
gaming debts
sutler's amounts
notes of hand
debts
dead man's debts
detachment
books and papers of the paymaster
keys
muster rolls
regimental muster and pay rolls
regiment
western army
bounty.