Receipts for bounty and Marschalk's pay
Item
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Title
Receipts for bounty and Marschalk's pay
Description
Acknowledges receipts for bounty paid to recruits. Explains accounting procedures for bounty pay and the reenlistment of "old soldiers" (men who previously served in the Army). Advises Marschalk that he will receive pay authorized him as a deranged Captain from Nicholas Fish, federal supervisor at New York.
year created
1797
month created
07
day created
12
author
sent from location
Accountant's Office
recipient
sent to location
New York
in collection
in image
author note
William Simmons
recipient note
Lieutenant Andrew Marschalk
notable person/group
Lieutenant Andrew Marschalk
William Simmons
recruits
old soldiers
deranged Captain
Nicholas Fish
supervisor New York
regiment
Corps of Artillerists and Engineers
notable location
New York
Accountant's Office
notable item/thing
bounty
receipts
reenlist
settlement
pay
subsistence
act of congress
document number
1797071221655
page start
145
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Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (1 pages) | YOQ01 (446 pages) | Collection: Miscellaneous Letters Sent by the Accountant of the War Department and the Second Auditor, Apr 14, 1795-May 5, 1886. (RG217) | V:C; P:145 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | William Simmons | Accountant's Office | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Andrew Marschalk | New York | [n/a] |