Enclosed Receipts for Bounty
Document 1798Knight encloses receipts for bounty money advanced recruits.
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[Free]
[undecipherable] Simmons, Esquire
Accountant to the
War Departmt.
Philad[elphia]
[Docket:] Chester Town John Knight / Dated — 21 / Rec'd — 26 } July 95 / Ans — [undecipherable]
Chester-Town, July 21st 95.
Sir.
I enclose you, agreeably to the orders I have received, Receipts for the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] me [undecipherable] who have [undecipherable] me during the [undecipherable] week —
I have the honor to be,
Sir, [undecipherable] oblig[e]ble Servt
J. Knight[s]
Lt. in the 2d Regt
[undecipherable]
Jno: Simmons, Esquire.
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Knight encloses receipts for bounty money advanced recruits.
Date
07/21/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Chester Town
Document number
1798072170101
Page start
1
Note
Cited in Simmons to Knight, 07/26/1798.
Notable persons
William Simmons
Lieutenant John Knight
2nd Regiment of Artillerists and Engineers
recruits
Notable locations
Chester Town
Philadelphia
Chestertown
Notable items
orders
receipts
bounty money
present work

