Letter from Congress to the Governor of Rhode Island
Item
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Title
Letter from Congress to the Governor of Rhode Island
Description
Letter, discusses pay due to veterans of the Revolutionary War.
short description
Ltr, dis pay of officers and soldiers.
year created
1785
month created
05
day created
31
author
sent from location
Office of Secretary of Congress
recipient
in collection
in image
notable person/group
William Greene
Charles Thomson
notable location
Office of Secretary of Congress
United States
notable item/thing
honor to transmit to your excellency two acts of the United States in Congress assembled
pay due to the officers and soldiers of the different lines of the late army
legislature of the respective states to cause the service of the said agents to be examined and to make them such allowance as they think them entitled to
pleased to lay before the legislature of your state and communicate to me their determination that I may present the same to congress
document number
1785053190101
page start
1
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| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (2 pages) | AXA06 (2 pages) | Collection: Letters to Geovernor (L1). | V: 19, P: 65 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Charles Thomson | Office of Secretary of Congress | [n/a] |
| Recipient | William Greene | [unknown] | [n/a] |