Return of Muster and Pay Rolls
Document 1796Returns the muster and pay rolls for Geddes' detachment which must be attested to before a magistrate before the War Department will pay the troops
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Mr James Triplett
Norfolk
Department of War
Accountants Office
April 11 1796
Sir
I Received your Letter of the 31 Ulto and have to inform you that your pay, may be included in the Pay and Muster Rolls of the Troops at Fort Norfolk. I therefore enclose You Blank Muster & Pay Roles to Muster your Men Monthly and forward them together with a pay Role to this Office when Yours and their Pay will be forwarded. The Muster Role must be sworn to before a Magistrate
Yr ambl
William Simmons
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Returns the muster and pay rolls for Geddes' detachment which must be attested to before a magistrate before the War Department will pay the troops
Date
04/11/1796
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Dept. of War Accountants Office
Document number
1796041121455
Page start
35
Notable persons
Lieutenant Simon Geddes
William Simmons
detachment
magistrate
War Department
troops
Artillerists and Engineers
Notable locations
Governors Island
Dept. of War Accountants Office
New York
Notable items
pay rolls