Receipt Roll for April
Document 1797Enclosed is the receipt roll for April's pay leaving a balance of four dollars being the amount of Larry's pay (a deserter), a sum that Capt. Morris will hold pending Simmons's future order.
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[BALT MAY 29] [FREE]
William Simmons Esqr
Accountant of the war
Department
Philadelphia
[May 29] [Recd. Jno S. [undecipherable] May [undecipherable] 1800]
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Enclosed is the receipt roll for April's pay leaving a balance of four dollars being the amount of Larry's pay (a deserter), a sum that Capt. Morris will hold pending Simmons's future order.
Date
04/29/1797
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Fort McHenry, Whetstone Point
Document number
1797052970201
Page start
1
Note
Cited in Simmons to Morris, 05/31/1797.
Notable persons
William Simmons
Staats Morris
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Fort McHenry, Whetstone Point