Petition of General Irvine
DocumentReport on the Petition of General William Irvine, who commanded the Southern Army during the war.
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New York April 4th 1787
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Mr Wright is mistaken — there has been no stoppages made from his pay for recruiting his militia arms are issued to the agents of the Line.
Saml Hodgson
Cap Stephen Stephenson
The Commissioner of Army Accounts to whom was refered the Petition of General William Irvine beg leave to report
That on the 18th June 1775 Congress provided the additional pay of one hundred dollars on dollars as a Major General when commanding in a seperate department
That an allowance of 125 dollars monthly was granted on the 15th of April 1777 to Brigr Genl Howe and every officer of equal rank who should [undecipherable] been in the command of the Troops in South Carolina and Georgia and also on the 14th of every 1779 a grant was made to Brigr Genl Moultrie of the Extra pay of a Major Genl on a seperate command
Type
Letterbook
Description
Report on the Petition of General William Irvine, who commanded the Southern Army during the war.
Author
Recipient
Document number
9999999922755
Page start
276
Notable persons
John Pierce
William Irvine
General Howe
Congress
Southern Army
officers
Notable locations
South Carolina
Fort Pitt
Notable items
Journals
petition

