Payment Procedures
Item
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Title
Payment Procedures
Description
Protests against having to send money by mail to Army officers whom he does not know. States that it has always been a rule "to make a book entry of cash received or paid at the time of the transaction, filing the voucher at the same time." Also writes: "As there is provision...for the travelling expenses of military officers...whether in the first outset in business, it will not be advantageous as well to the public, as to the troops for the Regimental Paymasters...after the musters are made...[to] come for once at least to this office..." Adds: "In doing this they will get an insight into their business which they cannot so readily acquire by barely seeing the forms."
year created
1799
month created
10
day created
05
author
sent from location
Trenton
recipient
in collection
in publication
note
Cited in Hamilton to Swan, 10/30/1799.
cited note
Cited document that was neither sent to nor from the War Office
notable person/group
Alexander Hamilton
Caleb Swan
Regimental Paymasters
notable location
Trenton
notable item/thing
cash
voucher
travelling expenses
document number
1799100560100
Item sets
Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (0 pages) | [no image] | Collection: Printed Versions | [unknown] |
| [view document] (0 pages) | [no image] | Publication: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton | [unknown] |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Caleb Swan | Trenton | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Alexander Hamilton | [unknown] | [n/a] |