Notification of Absent Captain

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Type

Author's Letterbook Copy

Description

Simmons requests advice on course of action to be taken in regards to the pay of Lieutenant John Saunders. Captain was mustered absent without approval of Secretary of War.

Date

10/13/1797

Author

William Simmons

Recipient

James McHenry

Sent from

Accountant's Office

Repository

National Archives and Records Administration

Collection

Miscellaneous Letters Sent by the Accountant of the War Department and the Second Auditor, Apr 14, 1795-May 5, 1886. (RG217)

Document number

1797101321755

Page start

337

Notable persons

James McHenry
William Simmons
Lieutenant John Saunders
troops
detachment
Captain Blackburn
Secretary of War

Notable locations

Downingtown
Accountant's Office
Fort Norfolk
Virginia
Dumfries

Notable items

muster rolls
pay rolls
pay
mustered absent