Request for Explicit Instruction on Method of Payment

Item

Type

Autograph Letter Signed

Title

Request for Explicit Instruction on Method of Payment

Description

Freeman encloses several accounts. He asks Simmons for explicit directions in dealing with these accounts.

short description

Request for Explicit Instruction on Method of Payment

year created

1797

month created

08

day created

02

sent from location

West Point

recipient

sent to location

Philadelphia

in image

note

Cited in Simmons to Freeman, 08/09/1797.

cited note

Cited document addressed to the War Office

notable person/group

William Simmons
Nehemiah Freeman
Lieutenant Ross
Daniel Harris
Doctor Steel
Robert Finlay
William Cornwall
Colonel Rochefontaine
deserters

notable location

Philadelphia
West Point
New York

notable item/thing

pay
several accounts
explicit directions
awkward situation

document number

1797080270001

page start

1

number of pages

2

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Document instances

In image In source Location in source
[view document] (2 pages) YWU03 (2 pages) Collection: Claims Files Relating to Service in the Revolutionary War, 1775-1851. (RG217) Freeman, Nehemiah
[view document] (2 pages) YWU03a (2 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]

Document names

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