Dispute over Error in Payroll
Document 1798Transcribed by Frye: "It has been ascertained that the claim of Asa Hall for four dollars for Balance of Bounty is a just one, you will be pleased accordingly to make him up for that sum on your next Pay Roll and the sum will be admitted."
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Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Transcribed by Frye: "It has been ascertained that the claim of Asa Hall for four dollars for Balance of Bounty is a just one, you will be pleased accordingly to make him up for that sum on your next Pay Roll and the sum will be admitted."
Date
05/09/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Govenor's Island
Repository
Document number
1798040421001
Page start
1
Note
Extract enclosed in Frye to Simmons, 05/09/1798.
Notable persons
Frederick Frye
William Simmons
accountant
Asa Hall
Lieutenant Hale
detachment
recruits
officers
soldiers
Notable locations
Governor's Island
New York
Notable items
muster roll
pay roll
claim
error
balance
bounty
appropriations
arrears
pay
destitute
money