Updates on Soldiers Pay Due to Desertion

Item

Type

Autograph Letter Signed

Title

Updates on Soldiers Pay Due to Desertion

Description

Soldiers given up or captured as deserters had pay suspended. Parker and Edwards to receive court martial.

year created

1798

month created

05

day created

08

author

sent from location

Fort Mifflin

recipient

in image

notable person/group

William Simmons
Lewis Tousard
John Queen
Thomas Parker
Thomas Edwards
Ensign Boote
deserter
Secretary of War

notable location

Fort Mifflin

notable item/thing

desertion
pay roll
bounty
court martial

document number

1798050870001

page start

1

number of pages

2

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Document instances

In image In source Location in source
[view document] (2 pages) YYE21 (2 pages) Collection: Claims Files Relating to Service in the Revolutionary War, 1775-1851. (RG217) Tousard, Lewis
[view document] (2 pages) YYE21a (2 pages) Collection: Claims Files Relating to Service in the Revolutionary War, 1775-1851. (RG217) Tousard, Lewis

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author Lewis Tousard Fort Mifflin [n/a]
Recipient William Simmons [unknown] [n/a]