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Bounty for the Army contemplated, calculated at Eight Dollars, for each non Commissioned Officer and Private Infantry ........ 16,064 Men Cavalry ......... 2,036 " Artillerists ..... 1,024 ... Non commiss^d Officers & Privates 19,124 Bounty for Nineteen thousand one hundred and [strikethrough: twenty four] Men at Eight Dollars each. Dollars. 152,992. Philad^a 11^th May 1798 Samuel Hodgdon

Type

Letterbook

Description

An estimate of bounty for the army, calculated at $8 for non-commissioned officers and privates.

Date

05/11/1798

Author

Samuel Hodgdon

Sent from

Philadelphia

Repository

National Archives and Records Administration

Collection

Register of Estimated Requirements for Military Supplies Kept by Samuel Hodgdon and William Irvine, Jan 1796-Feb 1805. (RG45)

Document number

1798051128555

Page start

104

Notable persons

Samuel Hodgdon

Army

non-commissioned officers

privates

Infantry

Cavalry

Artillerists

Notable locations

Philadelphia

Notable items

bounty