Estimate of monies to be placed in the hands of Lieutenant James Richmond, 2nd Regiment, paymaster at Vermont
Document 1799Receipt of $2211.20 to be placed in the hands of Lieutenant James Richmond, 2nd Regiment, acting paymaster to the recruiting rendezvous at Vermont.
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[Administrative docket notation: 2 nd S [undecipherable]]
Lt James Richmond for
Pay forage & Subsistence of
officers & men Recruiting at
Bennington.
Warrt No 49.
Amt. 2211. 20/100 $.
S.
[checkmark]
Estimate of Monies to be placed in the hands of
Lieut James Richmond of the 2d Regiment for arrearages
of Pay forage & Subsistence to the Officers of the recruiting
rendezvous at Bennington in Vermont — and of One Months
Pay to two Companies to be recruited there — Viz
Pay of Major John H. Bull of the 2d Regiment from 1st
of December 1798 to 31 of December 1799
13 Months at 80 dollars . . . . . 650.—
Forage of Major Bull for same time [strikethrough: at]
at 10 d[ollars] p Mo. . . . $269.22 [undecipherable]
Pay of Capt Andrew McHenry of 2d Regt
from the 1 July to the 31 Decr 1799 6M $240.—
at 40 dols p Mos
Subsistence for the above time 184 days
at 3 Rations p day 552 Rations at New
Brunswick in Jersey at .17 Cents p Ration $93.84
$333.84
To Pay a balance found against
Capt A McHenry on a settlement of his
public account [as] [undecipherable] Master to the 2d $239.22 ——
[undecipherable] also the appointments officer in 1799 . $—— 94.62
[Balance to Capt McHenry]
Pay of Lieut James Richmond of the 2d
Regiment from 1 May to 31 Decr 1799 $240.—
8 [Months] at 30 dols p Mo.
Subsistence from May 1 & 31 Decr 1799
245 days at 2 Rations p day 490 Rations
at Brunswick in Jersey at .17 C[ents] p ration Sum— 83.30
323.30
$1467.20
Amount of One Months Pay to two full
Companies to be recruited in Vermont under
the command of Major Bull . . —— 744.—
Dollars 2211.20
Trenton October 16th 1799
J Richmond Lt 2d Regt
Actg Pay Master to a
Recruiting Rendezvous
in Vermont
Received of Caleb Swan Pay Master
General this [blank] day of October 1799 the
Sum of Two Thousand Two Hundred and Eleven
20/100 Dollars, in pursuance of a Warrant from Major
Genl [strikethrough: undecipherable] Hamilton dated the [blank] day of
October 1799 As being for the arrearages of Pay
forage and Subsistence in full to Major Bull
Capt McHenry and Lieut Richmond up to the 31 De-
cember 1799 — and for One Months Pay to two Compa-
nies of Infantry to be recruited at Vermont, for
which I am accountable to the accountant of the de-
partment of War, having signed duplicates hereof.
[2211. 20/100 $.]
J Richmond Lt 2d Regt
Actg Pay Master to the
Recruiting Rendezvous
in Vermont —
Type
Document Signed
Description
Receipt of $2211.20 to be placed in the hands of Lieutenant James Richmond, 2nd Regiment, acting paymaster to the recruiting rendezvous at Vermont.
Date
10/16/1799
Author
Recipient
Document number
1799101690001
Page start
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Notable persons
James Richmond
Major Buell
Captain McClary
infantry
Major General Hamilton
Caleb Swan
paymaster general
Major General Hamilton
2nd Regiment
Notable locations
rendezvous Vermont
Bennington Vermont

