Pay Request for War Service
Item
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Title
Pay Request for War Service
Description
Inquiry as to how to obtain a warrant for three months pay and subsistence for 1782. Settlement of accounts. Discusses his long service, mentions that he was a prisoner of war, and intent to go into business.
year created
1784
month created
01
day created
16
author
sent from location
Elizabethtown, New Jersey
recipient
in image
content note
For reply see Pierce to Scudder 02/15/1784 (image #1784Cfd03). From Pierce to Scudder 02/15/1784, Scudder is a Lieutenant.
author note
William Scudder
recipient note
John Pierce
notable person/group
John Pierce
William Scudder
Congress
Mr. Carleton
Hr. Hammond
Mr. Ankin
Paymaster General
notable location
Elizabethtown, New Jersey
Elizabeth Town, New Jersey
Philadelphia
notable item/thing
warrants
pay and subsistence
authority
power
disappointed
opinion
certificate
manner to further proceed
accounts
Spring
business
compliments
notable phrase
Thus sir you see how I am disappointed, that after suffering as much as Man could almost undergo and having served my Country since 75, with being three years and a half Prisoner, I am now not known nor regarded.
document number
1784011621055
page start
1
Item sets
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Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (2 pages) | CFC23 (2 pages) | Collection: Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript file) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859) | B:77, P:23 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | William Scudder | Elizabethtown, New Jersey | [n/a] |
| Recipient | John Pierce | [unknown] | [n/a] |