Recruiting Services and Desertions
Document 1796Captain Thompson discusses the recruiting services and desertions. He also alludes to sundry legal proceedings.
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Type
Contemporary Copy of Letter
Description
Captain Thompson discusses the recruiting services and desertions. He also alludes to sundry legal proceedings.
Date
11/27/1796
Author
Recipient
Sent from
West Point
Repository
Collection
Document number
1796112740001
Page start
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Notable persons
William Simmons
Captain Alexander Thompson
John Ryan
William Alford
deserter
Corporal George McKinley
non commissioned officers
Sergeant Seamus
Sergeant Learners
Sergeant Hill
witnesses
Corporal of the Guard
Secretary of War
Colonel Hamilton
plaintiffs
Notable locations
West Point
Governors Island
Supreme Court
New York
Notable items
recruiting accounts
contingent accounts
vouchers
health
recruiting service
command
enlisted
receipts
deserted
bounty money
transfer
expenses
suit
original receipt
payments
original receipt rolls
payments of my company
transfers and desertions
customary rules
just cause
advise in the case
Recruiting and contingent accounts and vouchers