Receipt Rolls & Receipts for Bounty
Document 1798Enclosed are the receipt rolls for Blackburn's company and Lieutenant Claiborne's detachment and the receipts of the infantry for their bounty. He would have sent them sooner but for the press of business at Norfolk.
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Norfolk Aug. 30th 1798
Sir,
Inclosed you have the Rev. Role of My Company, & Lt. Claiborne's Detachment; as also the Rect. of the Infantry for their Bounty and Should have put on those Papers sooner, but for the press of Business on which I have been engaged — I hope you will find them correct I am very respectfully Sir.
Yr ob Ser.
B. S. Blackburn
Capt. [undecipherable] Inf. &c
Commanding
[Endorsement on cover: Norfolk do Aug. 1798 / Capt. B. S. Blackburn / [undecipherable] / [undecipherable] / for letter [undecipherable]]
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Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Enclosed are the receipt rolls for Blackburn's company and Lieutenant Claiborne's detachment and the receipts of the infantry for their bounty. He would have sent them sooner but for the press of business at Norfolk.
Date
08/30/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Norfolk
Document number
1798083070101
Page start
1
Note
Partially illegible.
Notable persons
William Simmons
Richard Blackburn, Captain, First Regiment of Artillerists and Engineers
Notable locations
War Department
Norfolk