Questions on Payment of Reinlisted Men

Item

Type

Autograph Letter Signed

Title

Questions on Payment of Reinlisted Men

Description

Requests clarification on advanced pay issued to encourage reenlistment.

year created

1798

month created

08

day created

07

author

sent from location

Knoxville

recipient

in image

note

Cited in Simmons to Henley, 08/25/1798.

author note

David Henley

recipient note

William Simmons

cited note

Cited document addressed to the War Office

notable person/group

William Simmons
David Henley
recruits

notable location

Knoxville
Tennessee

notable idea/issue

reinlistment
reinlist
reenlist

notable phrase

settlement of the recruiting accounts
general order for allowing the men some weeks to encourage them to enlist
done for the good of the service
meet the approbation of the government
the war office should be directed to conform to it

document number

1798080770001

page start

1

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Document instances

In image In source Location in source
[view document] (3 pages) ZCZ22 (3 pages) Collection: Fred Manning Collection of Documents from Various Series in RG217. (RG217) B:27, F:Henley Section
[view document] (3 pages) ZCZ22a (3 pages) Collection: Fred Manning Collection of Documents from Various Series in RG217. (RG217) B:27, F:Henley Section
[view document] (0 pages) [no image] Collection: Citations [unknown]

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author David Henley Knoxville [n/a]
Recipient William Simmons [unknown] [n/a]