Pay of Captain Cornelius Sedam and His Recruits
Item
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Title
Pay of Captain Cornelius Sedam and His Recruits
Description
Money has been remitted to Nicholas Fish in New York for the pay of Sedam and his recruits for three months in 1793-94, for which receipts will be required.
year created
1794
month created
04
day created
05
author
sent from location
Accountant's Office
recipient
sent to location
New York
in collection
in image
notable person/group
Captain Cornelius R. Sedam
Joseph Howell
Nicholas Fish
supervisor New York
recruits
accountant
treasurer
treasury
notable location
Brunswick
New Jersey
New York
Accountant's Office
notable item/thing
pay
receipts
march
muster
act of appropriation
document number
1794040521255
page start
76
transcription
W.D. Accountants Office
April 5th 1794
Sirs
The Treasurer has remitted to Nicholas Fish Esqr Supervisor at New York the following sums to be paid you viz. For pay of your recruits for Decembr 1793 -- 31.87 For pay of yourself & recruits for Janry 1794 - 78.40 For do - do for February 1794 - 98.40 Amounting to Dollar 208.67
Which you will disburse and take se= parate receipts agreeably to the inclosed pay rolls of those months -- Your sending the Muster of your recruits for December taken in Jersey and including those left at Brunswick as well as those who marched with you,rendered it impossible without recourse to your Ensign for information to make out a pay roll - you
77
are perhaps ignorant that an Act of appropri= ation must pass before any money can be drawn from the Treasury _ when you are in= formed it may account for your not receiving pay in this Year untill now ~
I am Sir etc
Joseph Howell
Capt Cornl R. Ledam [?] New York ~
April 5th 1794
Sirs
The Treasurer has remitted to Nicholas Fish Esqr Supervisor at New York the following sums to be paid you viz. For pay of your recruits for Decembr 1793 -- 31.87 For pay of yourself & recruits for Janry 1794 - 78.40 For do - do for February 1794 - 98.40 Amounting to Dollar 208.67
Which you will disburse and take se= parate receipts agreeably to the inclosed pay rolls of those months -- Your sending the Muster of your recruits for December taken in Jersey and including those left at Brunswick as well as those who marched with you,rendered it impossible without recourse to your Ensign for information to make out a pay roll - you
77
are perhaps ignorant that an Act of appropri= ation must pass before any money can be drawn from the Treasury _ when you are in= formed it may account for your not receiving pay in this Year untill now ~
I am Sir etc
Joseph Howell
Capt Cornl R. Ledam [?] New York ~
Item sets
Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (2 pages) | YGA01 (408 pages) | Collection: Numbered Record Books, 1775-1798. (RG93) (M853) | V:137; P:76 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Joseph Howell | Accountant's Office | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Cornelius Sedam | New York | [n/a] |