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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Fort Mc Whetstone Point May 29. 97
Your letter of the 15th Inst. came to hand, & I now transmit herein enclosed, the Receipt Roll for the April pay, leaving a balance in my hands of four Dollars being the amount of Larry's pay (a deserter) which sum I shall hold subject to your future order.
I am . .
Sir
327. 97 Your very Obed Servt.
Strals Morris
Wm Simmons Esqr Capt. Commandg
a. w.D.
[BALT MAY 29] [FREE]
[address panel:] William Simmons Esqr
Accountant of the War
Department
Philadelphia
[administrative notations, rotated:] No [undecipherable] Morris / May 29 / [undecipherable]
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