Receipts for Bounty Paid Recruits
Document 1797Sundry receipts for bounty paid recruits received. Several receipts taken in the name of Ensign Crutchfield, possibility they were for advances of money, Simmons warned that hereafter all advances made without express orders from the War Department will be held to Claiborne's account and he should be on his guard. Simmons requested future transmission of receipts be accompanied by a list of names and sums.
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Description
Sundry receipts for bounty paid recruits received. Several receipts taken in the name of Ensign Crutchfield, possibility they were for advances of money, Simmons warned that hereafter all advances made without express orders from the War Department will be held to Claiborne's account and he should be on his guard. Simmons requested future transmission of receipts be accompanied by a list of names and sums.
Date
10/09/1797
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Document number
1797100921255
Page start
329
Note
Cited in Simmons to Claiborne, 10/21/1797.
Notable persons
Lieutenant Frederick L. Claiborne
William Simmons
recruits
Ensign Crutchfield
Notable locations
Richmond, Virginia
Accountant's Office
Notable items
receipts
advances
names
sums