Bounty for Recruits
Document 1798Read sends a small chart showing the amounts of the bounty awarded to four recruits combined for a total of eighteen dollars.
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[illustration: table with columns "Names", "Amount of Bounty" (subdivided "Dols" and "cents"), and "Total"]
Names | Dols | cents | Total
Nicholas Reinholt Kafen.... | 4 | 0 |
John Forkes.... | 4 | 0 |
George Youngs.... | 6 | 0 |
Elisha Leminier.... | 4 | 0 | 18
Easton Pennsylvania
August 5th 1798
William Simmons [signature] Jameread
Accountant War Department Capt 2d Rt of Artillery & Engineers
[Address panel, cover:]
[Pa free]
William Simmons Esquire
Accountant of War
Department
Philadt
[Docket notation:] Easton d' August / James Read / No 7th / [undecipherable]
[Administrative notation:] made
Type
Document Signed
Description
Read sends a small chart showing the amounts of the bounty awarded to four recruits combined for a total of eighteen dollars.
Date
08/05/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Easton, Pennsylvania
Document number
1798080570301
Page start
1
Notable persons
William Simmons
James Read
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Easton, Pennsylvania