Army Officers' Subsistence Pay

Item

Type

Autograph Letter Signed

Title

Army Officers' Subsistence Pay

Description

Encloses estimates for the subsistence of the Army for December 1783 and January 1784. Mentions the considerable inconvenience to officers from not receiving subsistence payments for December and request that the pay be sent to him. Requests seven or eight hundred dollars for supply of his own necessities as well as the necessities of those gentlemen assist him.

year created

1784

month created

01

day created

04

author

sent from location

West Point

recipient

in image

note

addressed to Mr. Morris

notable person/group

Robert Morris
John Pierce
Army
officers
General Knox

notable location

West Point
War Office

notable item/thing

estimates
subsistence
December
January
money
pay
dollars
provisions

document number

1784010437201

page start

1

Document instances

In image In source Location in source
[view document] (3 pages) XZP07 (3 pages) Collection: Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript file) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859) B:370

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author John Pierce West Point [n/a]
Recipient Robert Morris [unknown] [n/a]