Lieutanant Blue's pay, subsistence, and forage
Document 1797Notifies Lieutenant Blue that pay, subsistence, and forage will be paid to Mr. Cumming per Blue's order. The charges for subsisting his "waiter" cannot be paid by the War Department per the Secretary of War's directions. Such soldiers must draw their rations "in kind, agreeably to Law."
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Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Notifies Lieutenant Blue that pay, subsistence, and forage will be paid to Mr. Cumming per Blue's order. The charges for subsisting his "waiter" cannot be paid by the War Department per the Secretary of War's directions. Such soldiers must draw their rations "in kind, agreeably to Law."
Date
04/13/1797
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Document number
1797041321855
Page start
8
Notable persons
Lieutenant William K. Blue
William Simmons
Lieutenant of Dragoons
Mr. Cumming
waiter
War Department
Secretary of War
James McHenry
Notable locations
Fort Fidius, Georgia
Accountant's Office
Notable items
rations
pay
subsistence
forage