Distribution of Muster and Payroll Forms
Document 1799Hamilton discusses the forms of muster and payrolls needed by officers in order to receive and disburse pay to the troops. He stresses that each commanding general needs these forms but that communications on pay should be between subordinate officers designated for that duty.
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Type
Autograph Draft Document
Description
Hamilton discusses the forms of muster and payrolls needed by officers in order to receive and disburse pay to the troops. He stresses that each commanding general needs these forms but that communications on pay should be between subordinate officers designated for that duty.
Date
09/22/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
New York
Collection
Document number
1799092237000
Note
Cited in Swan to Hamilton, 09/25/1799.
Notable persons
Caleb Swan, Paymaster General
Alexander Hamilton
Comptroller of the Treasury
Adjutant General [William North]
several paymasters
deputy
Commanding General
Secretary of War [McHenry]
Notable locations
New York
Treasury Department
Notable items
money from your department
a love of regularity
communication between officers
names of the several pay masters