Receipt for payment to troops, except for deserters
Document 1795Lieutenant Posey informs Simmons that he has paid his men, except for three deserters and a sergeant assigned elsewhere, and has $31.62 remaining that will be disposed of as directed.
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[Address/endorsement panel:]
John [undecipherable]
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Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Lieutenant Posey informs Simmons that he has paid his men, except for three deserters and a sergeant assigned elsewhere, and has $31.62 remaining that will be disposed of as directed.
Date
09/11/1795
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Fredericksburg, Virginia
Document number
1795091170010
Notable persons
John Posey
William Simmons, Esq.
desert
one Sergeant
Lieutenant Trigg
Notable locations
Fredericksburg, Virginia
Accountant's Office
Philadelphia
War Department
Notable items
Receipt Roll that you transmitted to me
sum of thirty one dollars & sixty two cents