Pay and Accounting Issues
Item
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Title
Pay and Accounting Issues
Description
Discusses various pay and accounting issues. Mentions the case of a deserter. Subjoins a certificate for David Murray, of the Fifth and Eleventh Pennsylvania Regiments.
year created
1786
month created
01
day created
16
author
sent from location
New York
recipient
secondary recipient
in collection
in image
note
[No signature, but probably Howell.] The enclosure is addressed to Johnathan Nicholson.
author note
Joseph Howell
recipient note
Matthew McConnell
notable person/group
Matthew McConnell
Joseph Howell
David Murray
Grubb's Company
Mr. Pierce
Colonel Nicola
Captain Thompson
5th Pennsylvania Regiment
Pennsylvania Line
11th Pennsylvania Regiment
assistant commissioner of army accounts
John Nicholson
notable location
New York
notable item/thing
post
enquiries
certificate
enlisted
24 April 1777
deserted
August 1777
rolls
Colonel Nicola's affair
packet
account
muster rolls
1 October 1778
furloughed
January 1780
7 July 1780
account of omissions and errors of the Pennsylvania Line
settled
legally discharged
28 January 1781
document number
1786011621155
page start
165
Item sets
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Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (2 pages) | DDA01 (175 pages) | Collection: Numbered Record Books, 1775-1798. (RG93) (M853) | V:136; P:165 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Joseph Howell | New York | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Matthew McConnell | [unknown] | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Jonathan Nicholson | [unknown] | The enclosure is addressed to Johnathan Nicholson. |