Pay and Muster Rolls, Pay for Discharged Soldiers
Document 1798Encloses muster and pay rolls for the garrison. Some men recently discharged from the army have settled near the Fort and asked Vischer to have their remaining pay forwarded to him. The money for which he was waiting on June 28 still has not arrived.
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Fort Oswego July 2nd 1795
Sir
Herewith enclose you the Muster and Pay Rolls of the Troops at this Garrison up to the first of this month. — As some of the men who have been discharged from this Garrison (By Payne, Hiot & [undecipherable] have settled in the vicinity, they have requested me to endeavour to have their pay forwarded to them. I have therefore included them in the Pay Roll. Should you find proper to forward it, I beg leave to mention that both Pafford and John Kelly, who were discharged in Decr of January last, and whose names you will see on my former Rolls, are in the same situation, they have requested me to ask for the same indulgence — As their names are not in the inclosed Muster, I could not make them up for pay in the Pay Roll. —
I wrote to you on the 28 Ulto and informed you that the money forwarded for the Troops at this place has not reached me. I still remain in the same situation. I shall wait with great anxiety to hear from you to where care it was sent. —
On reverting to my last Letter, I must apologize for mentioning (as if I had taken it from your letter of the 31st of May) that the pay had been forwarded up to the first of May, whereas your letter only mentions to the 1st of March, being the period for which I had forwarded Rolls.
I am Sir
Yr Obt Servt
[signature] A. H. [undecipherable]
[address panel: Fortbissay Blyga / Hammons of Boling / no 2, 20 D — / Aud P — 24 [undecipherable]]
M. Simmons, [undecipherable]
Type
Letter
Description
Encloses muster and pay rolls for the garrison. Some men recently discharged from the army have settled near the Fort and asked Vischer to have their remaining pay forwarded to him. The money for which he was waiting on June 28 still has not arrived.
Date
07/02/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Fort Oswego
Document number
1798070270001
Page start
1
Note
Cited in Simmons to Vischer, 07/24/1798.
Notable persons
William Simmons
Nanning Vischer
Nanning Visscher
Payne
Flood
Patterson
Corporal Gaffow
John Kelly
Notable locations
Fort Oswego
Notable items
muster rolls
pay rolls
discharged
settled in the vicinity
pay forwarded
indulgence
money forwarded
great anxiety

