Bounties Paid
Document 1797Enclosed are duplicate receipts for bounties paid Peter Larkins and five other recruits amounting to $72. Larkins' receipt for rwo dollars had been omitted in a former enclosure.
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Middletown Augt 20th 1797
Sir
I have Recd. your Letter of the 16th Inst. enclosed are Duplicate Receipts, for Bounties paid, Peter Larkins, and five other Recruits, Amounting to Twenty two Dollars, — Larkins Rect. for two Dollars being Omitted in the former enclosures —
I am
Sir
your
Obedient
Humble Servt.
[address:] Wm. Simmons Esqr.
Actg. War Department
Edward Miller Cpt.
[docket:] Edward Miller
recd. 23d Augt.
Ans. 9 Janury
aug: 20
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Enclosed are duplicate receipts for bounties paid Peter Larkins and five other recruits amounting to $72. Larkins' receipt for rwo dollars had been omitted in a former enclosure.
Date
08/20/1797
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Middletown
Document number
1797082070001
Page start
1
Note
Cited in Simmons to Miller, 08/23/1797.
Notable persons
William Simmons
Edward Miller
Notable locations
Middletown