Enclosed Receipts
Document 1797Bird enclosed receipts of his company, Bird requested his account credited. Capt. Porter informed Bird as one among several officers who received six months pay and subsistance. Bird explained the circumstances for drawing the sum as due to his travel to Philadelphia, far from his residence in North Carolina and believed his pay was justified.
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Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Bird enclosed receipts of his company, Bird requested his account credited. Capt. Porter informed Bird as one among several officers who received six months pay and subsistance. Bird explained the circumstances for drawing the sum as due to his travel to Philadelphia, far from his residence in North Carolina and believed his pay was justified.
Date
05/10/1797
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Pittsburgh
Repository
Document number
1797051070001
Page start
1
Note
Cited in Simmons to Bird, 07/10/1797.
Notable persons
William Simmons
Ross Bird
Notable locations
Pittsburgh