Receipts for Bounty Paid Recruits

Item

Type

Author's Letterbook Copy

Title

Receipts for Bounty Paid Recruits

Description

Letter regarding receipts for bounty paid recruits enlisted by Marschalk. Receipts will be examined on settlement of recruiting account. Simmons also sent blank muster, pay, and receipt rolls with some "inlistments."

year created

1797

month created

09

day created

27

sent from location

Accountant's Office

recipient

sent to location

Ellis's Island near New York

in image

author note

William Simmons

recipient note

Andrew Marschalk

notable person/group

Lieutenant Andrew Marschalk
William Simmons
artillerists and engineers
recruits

notable location

Ellis's Island near New York
Accountant's Office
Ellis Island

notable item/thing

blank muster roll
blank pay roll
blank receipt roll
enlistment
bounty
receipts
enlisted
filed
examined
settlement
recruiting account

document number

1797092721355

page start

302

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Document instances

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[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:302

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author William Simmons Accountant's Office [n/a]
Recipient Andrew Marschalk Ellis's Island near New York [n/a]