Complaints About New System
Document 1799Swan notes that new regulations requiring him to reside in Philadelphia makes it impossible for him to carry out his duties which require daily contact with officers at a different location. Offers solution for solving problems with pay.
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Printed Document
Description
Swan notes that new regulations requiring him to reside in Philadelphia makes it impossible for him to carry out his duties which require daily contact with officers at a different location. Offers solution for solving problems with pay.
Date
09/03/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Pay-Office
Document number
1799090315001
Page start
9
Note
Enclosed in Wolcott to Swan, 07/26/1792; Cited in Steele to Swan, 09/07/1799.
Notable persons
John Steele
Caleb Swan
Major General Alexander Hamilton
General James Wilkinson
troops
paymaster general
paymasters
Comptroller of the Treasury of the United States
James McHenry
Notable locations
headquarters
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Natchez
Maine
Georgia
North Carolina
Treasury of the United States
Pay-Office
Notable items
pay abstracts
instructions
warrants
payments
delays
general warrant
authority
muster rolls
pay rolls
unorganized state of the troops
accounts
arrears
traveling expenses