Extra Pay Required for Volunteers
Item
Type
Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Title
Extra Pay Required for Volunteers
Description
Governor Lee of Virginia asks that Knox support the request that the General Government provide the extra pay required to attract volunteers for the state militias thereby avoiding the need for conscription.
year created
1792
month created
01
day created
05
author
sent from location
Council Chamber, Richmond
recipient
in collection
in publication
note
Cited in Knox to Lee, 02/02/1792.
content note
American State Papers, Indian Affairs
cited note
Cited document addressed to the War Office
notable person/group
Henry Knox
Henry Lee
Executive of this commonwealth [Virginia]
county of Ohio
commanding officer of the company
captains of the volunteer militia
county lieutenants
General St. Clair
the President [Washington]
Governor Blount
commandant of our volunteer militia
notable location
Council Chamber, Richmond
County of Ohio
Counties of Greenbriar and Kenhawa
southwestern frontier
territory under the care of Governor Blount
notable item/thing
System of temporary defense
patrol allowed the county of Ohio
proportionate increase to the patrol
protection of the frontiers
list of officers appointed to the district of Monongahela, and the counties of Greenbriar and Kenhawa
monthly returns you require
their claims for moneys expended during the past year
laws of Congress
laws of this commonwealth [Virginia]
plan of voluntary enlistment
disagreeable and fallacious system of legal compulsion
extra pay being absolutely necessary
proper charge against the United States
special provision be made by Congress
object of my requisition
temporary defense of the quarter of the state
notable phrase
You will observe that the Executive have been obliged to allow the pay granted by the laws of this Commonwealth to her militia, or to have abandoned the plan of voluntary enlistment and relied on the disagreeable and fallacious system of legal compulsion.
document number
1792010540200
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| [view document] (0 pages) | [no image] | Collection: Printed Versions | [unknown] |
| [view document] (0 pages) | [no image] | Publication: American State Papers, Indian Aff. | [unknown] |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Henry Lee | Council Chamber, Richmond | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Henry Knox | [unknown] | [n/a] |