This is documentation from Governor Shelby of Kentucky to the Secretary of War regarding the mustering of two scouts in Clark County under the command of Lieutenant John McIntire. Included is the muster roll certified by a Justice of the Peace.
Pierce informs White that he is forwarding 150 certificates. He encloses a letter from the comptroller that will provide as much information as is available but it appears that the soldiers in question were all included as Pennsylvanians up until January 1, 1781 (?).
This is an extract from the War Department account documenting the expenses of Capt. John Wade that were paid in full by Accountant's Office clerk John Jennings, Jr.
Simmons tells Henley that Capt. Sparks should be paid but in order for Sparks to receive the payment, he must produce a certificate specifying the amount due him or attest to same before a magistrate.
Simmons informs David Henley that documentation seems to be in order for William Dugan to receive the back-pay due him while an Indian captive, captured 4 November 1791. Arrears of pay 4 November 1791 to 26 June 1794. The balance of the pay is currently held by Capt. Guthrie, to whom application must be made and to whom appropriate receipts must be provided.
Navy yard clerk Samuel Shore expresses dissatisfaction that Simmons suspended the amount charged to his account and Shore now is expecting to be fully paid for the months of November and December.
Posey informs Simmons that he has not yet received the $200 intended for the recruiting service but when he does receive the money, he will give the receipts as directed.
Pierce sends Howell a receipt for the $86,460 that was given to the paymaster. $50,000 was to pay the Kentucky volunteers and the remainder was for pay, subsistence, and forage for the troops of the US Legion.
From Governors Island New York, Captain Ledam sends to an unknown recipient his Muster Roll for December and requests a draft on Colonel Fish. Ledam will deliver his receipts when he visits Philadelphia in February to close out his accounts for 1794.
Unknown author from the War Department sends Appleton the $3000 commutation of Capt. John Sleuman for which receipts will be provided. Capt. Sleuman is now to be paid his pension.
Posey informs Barry that so far he has only received the Muster Roll for his detachment, but still needs information regarding how and when to pay his men as he has not yet received the payroll.
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.
From Baltimore, Lieutenant Jonathan Robeson of Corps of Artillerists and Engineers is transmitting his account against United States. Colonel Rochefontain, West Point, desired he enclose it.
Buchanan Smith is forwarding to Howell his enlistments and recruiting account. He would have transmitted it sooner but failed to enlist more men following their return from the western expedition as he had hoped to do.
This letter documents that, by the authority of the Secretary of War, $1000 has been drawn for James Frazer for the pay of the Army through September 1797.
This is documentation that Lieutenant Charles Wright's expenses were $50.83 while waiting in Philadelphia for dispatches from the Secretary of War and $149.19 while carrying dispatches from the Secretary of War to Knox County, Tennessee.
