Request for Quick Payment of Major Tousard's Back Pay, for the Good of the Rhode Island Defenses
Document 1800Mentions that Major Tousard is now insisting on the need to finish fortifications in Rhode Island and other points eastward. Notes that Tousard, like many other officers, is owed back pay; also notes that his services in planning and beginning the defenses at Rhode Island were indispensable, and he is equally indispensable for their completion. Requests that Tousard's pay be expedited as quickly as possible.
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Mentions that Major Tousard is now insisting on the need to finish fortifications in Rhode Island and other points eastward. Notes that Tousard, like many other officers, is owed back pay; also notes that his services in planning and beginning the defenses at Rhode Island were indispensable, and he is equally indispensable for their completion. Requests that Tousard's pay be expedited as quickly as possible.
Date
05/24/1800
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Recipient
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War Department
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Collection
Document number
1800052400401
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1
Notable persons
John Adams
James McHenry
Major Louis Tousard
Lewis Tousard
engineer
Notable locations
War Department
Rhode Island
Notable items
defenses
funds
accounts
extra services
expense
claims
plans
public interest