Request for Pay Due with Receipts and Orders of Joshua Wentworth Enclosed

Item

Type

Autograph Letter Signed

Title

Request for Pay Due with Receipts and Orders of Joshua Wentworth Enclosed

Description

Request for pay in small post notes not to exceed two or three hundred dollars due to difficulty in negotiating for large sums of money.

year created

1796

month created

05

day created

09

sent from location

Portsmouth

recipient

sent to location

Department of War, Philadelphia

in image

notable person/group

William Simmons
James Sever

notable location

Department of War, Philadelphia
Portsmouth

document number

1796050970201

page start

1

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Document instances

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[view document] (2 pages) YYA15 (2 pages) Collection: Claims Files Relating to Service in the Revolutionary War, 1775-1851. (RG217) B: 42
[view document] (2 pages) YYA15a (2 pages) Collection: Claims Files Relating to Service in the Revolutionary War, 1775-1851. (RG217) B: 42

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author Captain James Sever Portsmouth [n/a]
Recipient William Simmons Department of War, Philadelphia [n/a]