Recruiting Accounts and Statement Received
Item
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Title
Recruiting Accounts and Statement Received
Description
Form of recruiting account and statement of Bissell's account received. Troops at post were ordered to march to West Point. Bissell to muster a recruiting party in April, will not call for money until he receives a line from Howell regarding pay roll. Bissell had not mentioned matter of horse keeping to Secretary of War.
year created
1794
month created
04
day created
23
author
sent from location
Middletown
recipient
sent to location
Philadelphia
notable person/group
Joseph Howell
Daniel Bissell
notable location
Philadelphia
Middletown
Pennsylvania
West Point
New York
notable item/thing
recruiting
recruits
account
statement
troops
post
march
muster
money
pay roll
horse
horse keeping
bounty
notable phrase
publick money
that time and have inlisted eleven recruits and paid them thair bounty which I suppose will about balance the account
the troops at this post was ordered on West Point whair I have marcht them excepting a recruiting party which I shall muster
document number
1794042370001
page start
1
number of pages
2
Item sets
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Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (2 pages) | YWB21 (2 pages) | Collection: Claims Files Relating to Service in the Revolutionary War, 1775-1851. (RG217) | Bissell, Daniel |
| [view document] (2 pages) | YWB21a (2 pages) | Collection: Claims Files Relating to Service in the Revolutionary War, 1775-1851. (RG217) | Bissell, Daniel |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Daniel Bissell | Middletown | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Joseph Howell | Philadelphia | [n/a] |