Money to be furnished to recruiting rendezvous at Wilmington and Bennington
Document 1799Hamilton asks that Swan gather all arrears of pay that may be due officers and to provide them to the persons appointed to act as paymasters to the recruiting parties at Bennington and Wilmington.
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[Gen'l Hamilton's Letter of the 14th October 1799.
Directs Money to be furnished to the recruiting rendezvous's of Wilmington & Bennington.]
Trenton Octb: 14th 1799
Sir
I have to request that you will furnish to the Persons appointed [strikethrough: book] to act as Paymasters to the Recruiting parties at Benington and Wilmington all arrears of pay that may be due to the officers asigned to those stations, together with an advance of one months pay for two complete companies at each place
With great consideration
I am Sir
Yr ob't serv't
A Hamilton
[Caleb Swan Esq']
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Hamilton asks that Swan gather all arrears of pay that may be due officers and to provide them to the persons appointed to act as paymasters to the recruiting parties at Bennington and Wilmington.
Date
10/14/1799
Author
Recipient
Document number
1799101437601
Page start
1
Note
Syrett listed this document in the Appendix to vol. 23.
Notable persons
Caleb Swan
Alexander Hamilton
paymasters
officers
recruiting parties
Notable locations
Trenton New Jersey
Bennington Vermont
Wilmington
recruiting rendezvous
stations
Notable items
arrears
pay
recruiting

