Request for Back Pay

Item

Type

Autograph Letter Signed

Title

Request for Back Pay

Description

Houdin requests six month's back pay, at the rate of thirty dollars per month, as promised him by the Henry Knox as Secretary of War.

short description

Request for six month's pay

year created

1794

month created

12

day created

16

sent from location

Albany

recipient

in image

notable person/group

Joseph Howell
Michael G. Houdin
Henry Knox
Colonel Fish

notable location

Albany
Philadelphia
Accountants Office

notable item/thing

wages
amount due

document number

1795040270101

page start

1

number of pages

2

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Document instances

In image In source Location in source
[view document] (2 pages) YXF22 (2 pages) Collection: Claims Files Relating to Service in the Revolutionary War, 1775-1851. (RG217) Hovoin, Michael
[view document] (2 pages) YXF22a (2 pages) Collection: Claims Files Relating to Service in the Revolutionary War, 1775-1851. (RG217) Hovoin, Michael

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author Michael G. Houdin Albany [n/a]
Recipient Joseph Howell [unknown] [n/a]