Avoiding Mutinies of the Soldiers for Arrears, Etc.
Document 1796Amidst a discussion of accounting matters, Swan declares his appoval for the new organization that discontinues double pay and forage for quartermasters and paymasters. Swan has for some time objected to this practice but knew it would be eliminated only by a premptory order.
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Amidst a discussion of accounting matters, Swan declares his appoval for the new organization that discontinues double pay and forage for quartermasters and paymasters. Swan has for some time objected to this practice but knew it would be eliminated only by a premptory order.
Date
11/20/1796
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Detroit
Document number
1796112070101
Page start
1
Notable persons
William Simmons
Caleb Swan
Legionary Pay Masters
Mr. Vance
3rd Sub Legion
General Wayne
Captain Britt
Officers from the Army
deranged officers
British agents
merchants
the King's troops and engineers
Lieutenant Vance
Mr. McIntosh
Mr. Macomb
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Detroit
mouth of the river at St. Josephs
straits of St. Marys
Cincinnati
Kentucky
New York
Notable items
violent sickness
deficit
surplus
subsistence
mutinies of the soldiers for arrears
pay and forage
Treasury