Question of Payment for those Not Authorized by Law
Document 1799Vance is handing over vouchers for the payment of the volunteers on the Northampton Expedition. He notes that the muster contains a surgeon, quartermaster, lieutenant, and black men, and there is no law authorizing payment to those persons. He has submitted the question to the Secretary of War for his decision.
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Type
Contemporary Copy of Letter Signed
Description
Vance is handing over vouchers for the payment of the volunteers on the Northampton Expedition. He notes that the muster contains a surgeon, quartermaster, lieutenant, and black men, and there is no law authorizing payment to those persons. He has submitted the question to the Secretary of War for his decision.
Date
07/09/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
Repository
Collection
Document number
1799070990001
Page start
1
Note
Cited in Simmons to Vance, 07/31/1799.
Notable persons
William Simmons
Samuel Vance
volunteers
black men
William MacPherson
surgeon
quartermaster
extra lieutenants
James McHenry
Captain McClellan
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Notable items
Northampton Expedition
muster
payment
law
payrolls