Pay of troops at West Point, muster and pay rolls, and pay of Bruff's detachment
Document 1796Notifies Tousard that he has directed Captain Fleming to pay the "absentees." Discusses Lieutenant Geddes' advance, the pay of the Corps of Artillerist and Engineers, the proper keeping of muster rolls and pay rolls, including accounting for deserters, and the pay of the Army detachment under the command of Captain Bruff, including pay of the soldiers' "retained bounties"
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Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Notifies Tousard that he has directed Captain Fleming to pay the "absentees." Discusses Lieutenant Geddes' advance, the pay of the Corps of Artillerist and Engineers, the proper keeping of muster rolls and pay rolls, including accounting for deserters, and the pay of the Army detachment under the command of Captain Bruff, including pay of the soldiers' "retained bounties"
Date
06/25/1796
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Dept. of War Accountants Office
Document number
1796062521555
Page start
116
Notable persons
Lewis Toussard
William Simmons
Captain George Fleming
Lieutenant Geddes
Corps of Artillerists and Engineers
Captain Bruff
soldiers
deserters
paymaster
Lieutenant Freeman
troops
Nehemiah Freeman
Treasury
absentees
Notable locations
Dept. of War Accountants Office
New York
West Point
Mud Island
Notable items
muster rolls
pay rolls
examination
pay