Payment of Troops at Fort Niagara
Document 1797Simmons received muster and pay rolls for June and July, accompanied by receipt roll for January, February, March, April, and May for troops stationed at Fort Niagara. Receipts to be examined and if deemed free of error, amount will be passed to Bruff's credit. Remarks regarding bounty paid to enlisted men under Captain Hannah and Thomas Parker. Details regarding Bruff's account balance. Payment of Lieutenant Vischer, and particulars sent to Albany. Payment of Lieutenant. P. Tallman, Lieutenant Theop. Elmer, Surgeon's Mate John G. Coffin, and Lieutenant Nanning Vischer paid per their order to James O'Hare.
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Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Simmons received muster and pay rolls for June and July, accompanied by receipt roll for January, February, March, April, and May for troops stationed at Fort Niagara. Receipts to be examined and if deemed free of error, amount will be passed to Bruff's credit. Remarks regarding bounty paid to enlisted men under Captain Hannah and Thomas Parker. Details regarding Bruff's account balance. Payment of Lieutenant Vischer, and particulars sent to Albany. Payment of Lieutenant. P. Tallman, Lieutenant Theop. Elmer, Surgeon's Mate John G. Coffin, and Lieutenant Nanning Vischer paid per their order to James O'Hare.
Date
10/03/1797
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Repository
Document number
1797100321155
Page start
314
Note
Possibly enclosed in Simmons to Chapin, 10/03/1797.
Notable persons
Captain James Bruff
William Simmons
Captain Hannah
Thomas Parker
Lieutenant Nanning J. Vischer
Lieutenant. P. Tallman
William Butler artificer
Lieutenant John McClallen
Samuel Lewis, clerk in the war office
deserters
regiment
Notable locations
Fort Niagara
Accountant's Office
Albany
garrison
New York
Notable items
payroll
muster
muster roll
error
credit
receipt roll
bounty
account
balance
pay
charges
reenlist