Paying Recruits
Document 1798Dyson inquires as to whether it is the custom to pay recruits their bounty before they join their regiment.
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[docketing: about Compr of [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] Andrews
recd May 14. 1798
— 23]
— to William Simmons Esq—
[undecipherable] dece—
[docketing: [undecipherable]aces
[undecipherable] Dyson
dated — [undecipherable] May 1798
recd [undecipherable]
Post [undecipherable] May [undecipherable]]
[seal]
William Simmons Esquire
Accountant for the department
of War
Philadelphia
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Dyson inquires as to whether it is the custom to pay recruits their bounty before they join their regiment.
Date
05/01/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Port Tobacco
Document number
1798050170201
Page start
1
Note
Cited in Simmons to Dyson, 05/07/1798.
Notable persons
William Simmons
Samuel Dyson
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Port Tobacco