Request for Instructions
Document 1799Vance is clearly frustrated by the lack of instruction he has received regarding the number of officers, etc. which are permitted on the muster rolls. He feels that is he is to perform his duties as described by the act of Congress, he cannot account for the various men who request payment for their duties.
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Contemporary Copy of Letter Signed
Description
Vance is clearly frustrated by the lack of instruction he has received regarding the number of officers, etc. which are permitted on the muster rolls. He feels that is he is to perform his duties as described by the act of Congress, he cannot account for the various men who request payment for their duties.
Date
04/18/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Berks County
Repository
Collection
Document number
1799041890001
Page start
1
Note
Difficult to read.
Notable persons
William Simmons
Samuel Vance
troops
quartermaster
surgeon
officers
volunteers
militia
Notable locations
Berks County, Pennsylvania
Reading
Notable items
Act of Congress
payment
muster roll
payrolls
receipts
receipt rolls
instructions
regulations
allowances
ration
vouchers