Bounty and premium for recruiting

Item

Type

Author's Letterbook Copy

Title

Bounty and premium for recruiting

Description

Notification to Fish that he will receive funds to pay to Captain Staats Morris at West Point for bounty paid to two recruits and the "premium" for enlisting the recruits

year created

1796

month created

08

day created

23

sent from location

Accountants Office

recipient

sent to location

New York

in image

author note

William Simmons

recipient note

Nicholas Fish

notable person/group

Nicholas Fish
William Simmons
Captain Staats Morris
recruits
supervisor New York

notable location

New York
Accountants Office
West Point

notable item/thing

premium
enlist
bounty
pay
receipts

document number

1796082321455

page start

179

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Document instances

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[view document] (1 pages) YNB01 (434 pages) Collection: Miscellaneous Letters Sent by the Accountant of the War Department and the Second Auditor, Apr 14, 1795-May 5, 1886. (RG217) V:B, P:179

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author William Simmons Accountants Office [n/a]
Recipient Nicholas Fish New York [n/a]