Bounty paid and premium for an enlistment
Document 1796Informs Captain McRea that Mr. Freeman, temporary paymaster at West Point, will pay him the "bounty paid and premium" for enlisting John Garrett
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Israel Chapin Esqr
Agent of Indian Affairs
Kannandaigua
Accountant's Office
Novr 24th 1796
Sir
You are requested to forward the inclosed letter to Capt. James Bruff at Niagara with the other dispatches from the Secy of War forwarded by him by this day's Mail.
I am &c
Wm Simmons
Acct
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Informs Captain McRea that Mr. Freeman, temporary paymaster at West Point, will pay him the "bounty paid and premium" for enlisting John Garrett
Date
11/22/1796
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountants Office
Document number
1796112221755
Page start
261
Notable persons
Captain Griffith McRea
William Simmons
Nehemiah Freeman
John Garrett
temporary paymaster
McRee
Notable locations
West Point, New York
Accountants Office
Notable items
bounty
premium
enlistment
receipt
payment