Status of Court Martialed Officers Accounts

Item

Type

Autograph Letter Signed

Title

Status of Court Martialed Officers Accounts

Description

Receipts for sum paid to Freeman by Col. Rochefontaine to be submitted by the next post. Muster and pay rolls enclosed. Request by Freeman and other officers that the money allocated for their subsistance be paid to them through the same channel as their monthly pay. Court martial at West Point ordered stoppages to refunds for certain expenses for Henry Starks, James Willis, Joseph McBride. Fate of officers pay after being court martialed detailed.

year created

1796

month created

01

day created

15

sent from location

West Point

recipient

in image

note

Cited in Simmons to Freeman 01/15/1796, Cited in McHenry to Simmons 01/28/1796

notable person/group

William Simmons
Nehemiah Freeman
Colonel Rochefontaine
artillerists
engineers
garrison
officers
Henry Starks
James Willis
Joseph McBride
Captain Eation
Captain Gamble
Serjeant James Bennet
Thomas Bungan
battalion
Captain Blackburn

notable location

West Point
garrison
Springfield
post

notable item/thing

pay
clothing
uniforms
articles of arms
payroll
receipt rolls
receipts
muster and pay roll

notable idea/issue

court martial

document number

1796011570001

page start

1

number of pages

4

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Document instances

In image In source Location in source
[view document] (4 pages) YWS10 (4 pages) Collection: Claims Files Relating to Service in the Revolutionary War, 1775-1851. (RG217) Freeman, Nehemiah
[view document] (4 pages) YWS10a (4 pages) Collection: Claims Files Relating to Service in the Revolutionary War, 1775-1851. (RG217) Freeman, Nehemiah
[view document] (0 pages) [no image] Collection: Citations [unknown]
[view document] (0 pages) [no image] Collection: Citations [unknown]

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author Nehemiah Freeman West Point [n/a]
Recipient William Simmons [unknown] [n/a]