Unofficial News on Payment of Discharged Officers and Soldiers
Document 1800Although Hamilton had not received official word, he heard Congress passed an act that disbanded 12 regiments and granted the officers and soldiers an allowance of three months pay from the time of their discharge. Requested Pinckney obtain the number of men willing to enlist in the "four old regiments of Infantry, or the regiments of Artillery."
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Although Hamilton had not received official word, he heard Congress passed an act that disbanded 12 regiments and granted the officers and soldiers an allowance of three months pay from the time of their discharge. Requested Pinckney obtain the number of men willing to enlist in the "four old regiments of Infantry, or the regiments of Artillery."
Date
05/17/1800
Author
Recipient
Sent from
New York
Collection
Document number
1800051737100
Page start
1
Notable persons
multiple
Alexander Hamilton
Charles Cotesworht PincNathan Rice
William S. Smith
Congress
officers
regiment
artillerists
soldiers
infantry
artillery
Notable locations
New York
Scotch Plains
New Jersey
camp
Notable items
allowance