Documentation on militia detachments

Item

Type

Autograph Letter Signed

Title

Documentation on militia detachments

Description

Requests the pay rolls of the militia detachment he commanded in the Revolutionary War along with a warrant from General Washington for the payment of his militia detachment.

year created

1784

month created

07

day created

07

author

sent from location

Poughkeepsie

recipient

sent to location

Philadelphia

in image

notable person/group

John Pierce
Colonel Morris Graham
Paymaster General to the American Army
legislature
militia
General Washington
James M. Hughes

notable location

Philadelphia
Poughkeepsie
Philadelphia
Poughkeepsie
West Point
New York

notable item/thing

muster
regiment
act
paying
treasury notes
levies and detachments of militia
in service
the War
notes
lands
pay rolls
detachment of militia
command
fall of the year 1779
office at West Point
warrant of his Excellency General Washington
payment
voucher

document number

1784070770001

page start

1

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Document instances

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[view document] (3 pages) CFD16 (3 pages) Collection: Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript file) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859) B:78

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author Morris Graham Poughkeepsie [n/a]
Recipient John Pierce Philadelphia [n/a]