Autograph Letter Signed

Discussing the depreciation of the Delaware Regiment's pay and claiming certificates of pay

McComb thanks Howell for sending him the letter which contained sundry papers noting the depreciation of the pay of the Delaware regiment. He put the papers before the Delaware General Assembly, but as the session was virtually over nothing substantive was determined. The muster rolls were allegedly captured at the Battle of Camden, and thus were incomplete. The attempt was made to make the rolls as correct as possible, but some errors or omissions may still exist. Several soldiers are named, on whose behalf a certificate of pay is sought. McComb explains the status of those claims (such as one soldier being dead, or almost identical names on a muster roll being noted as truly being two different people, and thus the two were paid) and explains the status of the unclaimed certificates.

1789

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Wilmington

New York

Joseph Howell

Eleazer McComb

New York

Wilmington

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