Compensation of Benjamin Miller for appehending a deserter
Document 1796Simmons certifies that $23.07 is due Benjamin Miller as compensation for apprehending a deserter from Captain Mitchell's Company of the Corps of Artillerists and Engineers, including the cost of advertising and subsisting him for 52 days in the West Chester jail [gaol].
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Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Simmons certifies that $23.07 is due Benjamin Miller as compensation for apprehending a deserter from Captain Mitchell's Company of the Corps of Artillerists and Engineers, including the cost of advertising and subsisting him for 52 days in the West Chester jail [gaol].
Date
09/03/1796
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Collection
Document number
1796090321155
Page start
288
Notable persons
James McHenry
William Simmons
Benjamin Miller
deserter
Secretary of War
accountant
Captain Mitchell
company
corps artillerists and engineers
Notable locations
West Chester
jail
gaol
Accountant's Office
Notable items
pay
compensation
apprehend deserter
desertion
advertisement
subsistence of deserter