Receipts for Bounty Paid Recruits
Document 1797Simmons received duplicated receipts for bounty paid recruits that will be examined on settlement of recruiting accounts. Error in payment of John Dole, carpenter, noticed by Marschalk corrected by Simmons by adding $2.90 to muster and pay rolls. Marschalk will receive $300.00 for recruiting services, per his request.
100%
⇣
No human transcription currently available for this document.
Machine transcription not yet available for this document.
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Simmons received duplicated receipts for bounty paid recruits that will be examined on settlement of recruiting accounts. Error in payment of John Dole, carpenter, noticed by Marschalk corrected by Simmons by adding $2.90 to muster and pay rolls. Marschalk will receive $300.00 for recruiting services, per his request.
Date
09/20/1797
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Document number
1797092021255
Page start
295
Note
Cited in Marschalk to Simmons, 09/24/1797
Notable persons
Lieutenant Andrew Marschalk
William Simmons
recruits
John Dole
carpenter
detachment
Notable locations
Ellis's Island near New York
Accountant's Office
Ellis Island
Notable items
receipts
bounty
recruiting account
error
muster roll
pay roll
recruiting service