Request for Money to Pay Postmaster

Item

Type

Autograph Letter Signed

Title

Request for Money to Pay Postmaster

Description

Ingersoll requested money be furnished to Lieut. Freeman, Paymaster, for the purpose of paying the Postmaster for November accounts. Ingersoll postponed the muster for November to await the reply from the Secretary of War on the practice of mustering and Ingersoll's questions regarding practice.

year created

1798

month created

12

day created

07

sent from location

West Point

recipient

sent to location

War Office, Philadelphia

in image

notable person/group

William Simmons
George Ingersoll

notable location

War Office, Philadelphia
West Point

document number

1798120770001

page start

1

number of pages

3

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Document instances

In image In source Location in source
[view document] (4 pages) YXI07 (4 pages) Collection: Claims Files Relating to Service in the Revolutionary War, 1775-1851. (RG217) Ingersoll, George
[view document] (3 pages) YXI07a (3 pages) Collection: Claims Files Relating to Service in the Revolutionary War, 1775-1851. (RG217) Ingersoll, George

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author George Ingersoll West Point [n/a]
Recipient William Simmons War Office, Philadelphia [n/a]