Pay of the Army
Document 1796Discusses the pay of certain soldiers. Requests that as "the Army have not been paid regularly lately" and to conform to an Act of Congress Swan should in future regularly forward estimates of the pay of the Army. Discusses accounting of monies forwarded to a doctor and mentions that the "state of the Treasury" has delayed the pay of the Army for March, April, and May
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Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Discusses the pay of certain soldiers. Requests that as "the Army have not been paid regularly lately" and to conform to an Act of Congress Swan should in future regularly forward estimates of the pay of the Army. Discusses accounting of monies forwarded to a doctor and mentions that the "state of the Treasury" has delayed the pay of the Army for March, April, and May
Date
06/11/1796
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountants Office
Document number
1796061122055
Page start
102
Note
Cited in Hagner to Swan 07/16/1796
Notable persons
Caleb Swan
William Simmons
congress
army
treasury
soldiers
Headquarters of Army
John Lowry
William Davidson
dragoon
General Wayne
Notable locations
Accountants Office
Notable items
bounty
books
money
warrants
pay
subsistence
forage
estimates