Bounty for Recruits
Document 1798Capt. Read transmits a chart recording the amount of the bounty given to each of eleven recruits.
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[Easton free]
William Simmons Esquire
Accountant War Department
[strikethrough: undecipherable] Trenton
[mail]
[Endorsement, upper right: Letter [undecipherable] / James Read / rec'd [undecipherable] / [undecipherable]]
List of Signers
names | Bounty
| Dls | Cts
David Vaughan | 2 | 0
Samuel Mayburry | 2 | 0
Afa Rumyon | 1 | 50
Joseph Mc Ferling | 6 | 0
Joseph Leminies | 3 | 0
John Bauchs | 2 | 0
Richards Maybury | 1 | 50
John Harris | 4 | 0
Elisha Leminier | 1 | 0
John Forker | 2 | 0
William Mc Ginley | 1 | 0
William Simmons Esqr
Accountant War Dept.
James Read
Capt. 2d US Regt. A & E
Easton Pennsyla
September 1st 1798
Type
Document Signed
Description
Capt. Read transmits a chart recording the amount of the bounty given to each of eleven recruits.
Date
09/01/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Easton, Pennsylvania
Document number
1798090170301
Page start
1
Note
Cited in Simmons to Read, 09/05/1798.
Notable persons
William Simmons
James Read
Notable locations
Easton, Pennsylvania