Petitions of Asa Day and William Perkins
Item
Type
Copy of Signed Document
Title
Petitions of Asa Day and William Perkins
Description
Knox addresses the United States Senate regarding the petitions of Asa Day and William Perkins in which they claim arrears due them for pay and clothing.
year created
1794
month created
03
day created
13
author
sent from location
War Department
recipient
in collection
in image
notable person/group
Henry Knox
Asa Day, Sergeant
William Perkins, Private
U. S. Senate
Third Massachusetts Regiment
Regimental Agent
Thomas Hunt
John Fox
Henry Bacon
House of Representatives
notable location
War Department
notable item/thing
arrears due them for pay and clothing
expiration of the late war
certificate
bankrupt
favorable report
pay
clothing
regiment
agent
pay master
privates
non-commissioned officers
notable phrase
The case of the petitioners is precisely the same as the case of Thomas Hunt, John Fox and Henry Bacon upon whose petitions a favorable report was made to the house of representatives of the United States
at the end of the war it became expedient to disband the army, without delivering to individuals the evidences of the debts due to them for their services
That the paymaster general deposit in the hands of regimental agents the certificates for the arrears of pay due to the officers and soldiers of their respective lines, to be by them delivered to the individuals to whom they belong or deposited for their benefit as the supreme executive of the States to which the respective agents belong shall direct some of the said agents have proved unfaithful to their trust and some of the non-commissioned and privates have thereby been prevented receiving their just dues
document number
1794031300001
page start
1
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| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (9 pages) | NMO12 (9 pages) | Collection: Transcribed Reports and Communications Transmitted by the Executive Branch to the Senate, 1789-1819. (RG46) (M1257, rolls 1-3) | M1257, rolls 1-3 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Henry Knox | War Department | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Senate of the United States | [unknown] | [n/a] |