Notification of Makeshift Hospital Due to Crowded Barracks
Document 1797Enclosed receipts, requested credit to account. Notification that quarters were crowded, Frye commissioned the use of an out building for barracks and hospital. Hired a soldiers wife to serve as a nurse, authorized her payment. Requested blank muster and pay rolls.
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Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Enclosed receipts, requested credit to account. Notification that quarters were crowded, Frye commissioned the use of an out building for barracks and hospital. Hired a soldiers wife to serve as a nurse, authorized her payment. Requested blank muster and pay rolls.
Date
12/02/1797
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Governor's Island
Repository
Document number
1797120270101
Page start
1
Note
Cited in Simmons to Frye, 12/05/1797.
Notable persons
William Simmons
Frederick Frye
accountant
detachment
nurse
Sally Vanderwallows
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Governor's Island
Accountant's Office
War Department
hospital
barracks
quarters
Notable items
receipt
roll
enclosure
letter
mail
pay
blank
supplies