Back Pay and Bounty

Item

Type

Autograph Letter Signed

Title

Back Pay and Bounty

Description

Enclosed is a statement of the back pay and bounty due to some of the men in Captain Morris's company.

year created

1796

month created

10

day created

17

author

sent from location

West Point

recipient

sent to location

Philadelphia

in image

note

Cited in Simmons to Morris 10/20/1796
Enclosed: Return of back pay and bounty said to be due to the undermentioned persons belonging to Captain Staats Mooris's Company of Artillerists and Engineers.

notable person/group

William Simmons
Staats Morris
Colonel Mentges, the Inspector
Artillerists and Engineers
Andrew Freeland
Richard Sneed
Marmaduke Hamlin
John Fleming
Michael Dougherty
Caleb Malone
Stephen Fricker

notable location

Philadelphia
West Point

notable item/thing

statement of back pay and bounty
enlistments of two recruits
my absence

document number

1796101770001

page start

1

number of pages

3

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Document instances

In image In source Location in source
[view document] (4 pages) YXU07 (4 pages) Collection: Claims Files Relating to Service in the Revolutionary War, 1775-1851. (RG217) Morris, Staats
[view document] (3 pages) YXU07a (3 pages) Collection: Claims Files Relating to Service in the Revolutionary War, 1775-1851. (RG217) Morris, Staats

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author Staats Morris West Point [n/a]
Recipient William Simmons Philadelphia [n/a]