Bounty to Recruits
Document 1797Enclosed are duplicate receipts for bounty paid to recruits at Ellis Island.
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Ellis Island, July 24. 1797
Sir
I have the Honor to Enclose [undecipherable] duplicates of Bounty paid to recruits at this post —
I am
with respect Sir
Your mo. ob.t Ser.t
A Marschalk
[undecipherable]
W. Simmons, Esqr
[FREE]
[Address: William Simmons, Esqr / Accountant of the War Department / Philadelphia]
[Docket: fr Andrew Marschalk / letter dated July 24. 179[7] / rec'd Ans July 25. 1797]
[Filing notation: undecipherable]
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Enclosed are duplicate receipts for bounty paid to recruits at Ellis Island.
Date
07/24/1797
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Ellis Island
Document number
1797072470201
Page start
1
Note
Cited in Simmons to Marschalk, 07/25/1797.
Notable persons
William Simmons
Andrew Marschalk
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Ellis Island