Accounting and pay issues for Georgia
Document 1796Discusses unauthorized militia services, examination of Freeman's "account current," information required to ascertain the enlistment dates of certain soldiers, Captain Dickinson's accounts, and the accounts of Ensign McCall. Notification that that the Secretary of war has issued a warrant for the pay of the troops in Georgia and reminds Freeman that the "utmost dispatch" is required in the pay of the troops to comply with the directions of Congress
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Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Discusses unauthorized militia services, examination of Freeman's "account current," information required to ascertain the enlistment dates of certain soldiers, Captain Dickinson's accounts, and the accounts of Ensign McCall. Notification that that the Secretary of war has issued a warrant for the pay of the troops in Georgia and reminds Freeman that the "utmost dispatch" is required in the pay of the troops to comply with the directions of Congress
Date
09/23/1796
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountants Office
Repository
Document number
1796092321355
Page start
203
Notable persons
Constant Freeman
William Simmons
militia
Captain Dickinson
Ensign McCall
Secretary of War
Congress
troops
Captain Tinsley
Captain Eaton
officers
troops in Georgia
Daniel Stevens
supervisor Charleston South Carolina
Lieutenant Colonel Gaither
Daniel Gaskill
Notable locations
Georgia
Accountants Office
St. Marys
Notable items
receipts
account
examination
enlistment
warrant
muster
payrolls
pay
forage