Unpaid Bounties of Cornwall and Coles
Document 1800Benjamin Cornwall and John Coles, both enlisted by Lt. Tobias V. Cuyler of the 12th Regiment, have complained that they have yet to receive the bounties that were promised upon enlistment. Recruits were paid in dry goods instead of money, but still request remaining sum to be paid in coin.
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Benjamin Cornwall and John Coles, both enlisted by Lt. Tobias V. Cuyler of the 12th Regiment, have complained that they have yet to receive the bounties that were promised upon enlistment. Recruits were paid in dry goods instead of money, but still request remaining sum to be paid in coin.
Date
04/11/1800
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Albany
Collection
Document number
1800041160000
Notable persons
Alexander Hamilton
John Jay
Benjamin Cornwall
John Coles
Tobias Cutler
Tobias Cuyler
Tobias Schuyler
regiment
Andrew White
recruits
Hugh Daniels
Notable locations
Albany
New York
Schoharie
rendez vous
Stillwater
store
Notable items
bounty
wages
goods
supplies
provisions