Enlistment Expenses and Apprehension of Deserters
Item
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Title
Enlistment Expenses and Apprehension of Deserters
Description
Notification of enlistment of Henry Hannah and Solomon Haws accompanied by receipts that totaled $7.00 part bounty paid to Hannah. $0.25 repaid to Littlefield for attesting to the enlistment of Haws. Payment made by Nehemiah Freeman, Temporary Paymaster of West Point out of unappropriated monies. If expenses occur during the apprehension of of Hannah and Haws Littlefield should record the cost and deduct it from the aforementioned deserters pay.
year created
1797
month created
09
day created
12
author
sent from location
Accountant's Office
recipient
sent to location
West Point
in collection
in image
author note
William Simmons
recipient note
Captain William Littlefield
notable person/group
Captain William Littlefield
William Simmons
artillerists and engineers
Henry Hannah
Solomon Haws
Lieutenant Nehemiah Freeman
temporary paymaster West Point
deserters
notable location
West Point
Accountant's Office
New York
notable item/thing
bounty
receipts
enlistment
unappropriated monies
expenses
pay
document number
1797091221255
page start
276
Item sets
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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:276 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | William Simmons | Accountant's Office | [n/a] |
| Recipient | William Littlefield | West Point | [n/a] |