Pay application
Document 1784Application for supernumery pay. Mentions having been a prisoner of war for four years during the Revolutionary War
No human transcription currently available for this document.
This transcription was generated by machine using Anthropic's Claude Code (a mix of sonnet and opus models). It may contain errors or inaccuracies. Please verify against the document image. Learn more about our generative AI methodology.
[May 20, 1784
from Capt. John Mercer
(Copied)
to Major Pierce claiming for [undecipherable]
to his [undecipherable] the Attorney
[undecipherable] [undecipherable]]
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Application for supernumery pay. Mentions having been a prisoner of war for four years during the Revolutionary War
Date
05/20/1784
Author
Recipient
Sent from
New Brunswick
Document number
1784052075501
Notable persons
Captain John Mercer
Major John Pierce
paymaster general to the continental army
colonels
paymasters
prisoner
Mr. Edward Patterson
Congress
officers
prisoners
New jersey Regiment
Notable locations
Philadelphia
New Brunswick
Notable items
certificate
supernumerary pay
commutation
minutes
deranged