[General Orders] Pay & Rations for Travel of Discharged Men

Item

Type

Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document

Title

[General Orders] Pay & Rations for Travel of Discharged Men

Description

General Orders: Officers and soldiers who are discharged from the service are entitled to their pay and rations, or an equivalent in money, for such time as shall be sufficient to travel from their place of discharge at the rate of 20 miles to the day.

year created

1800

month created

05

day created

23

author

sent from location

Plainfield, New Jersey

in image

notable person/group

Alexander Hamilton
W. North
officers
infantry
cavalry
regiment
paymasters

notable location

Plainfield, New Jersey
Head Quarters
Headquarters

notable item/thing

pay
rations
money
returns

notable idea/issue

cost of travel
travel expenses
payment of troops
discharge
dismiss
disband
travel
contract price

document number

1800052337000

page start

1

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Document instances

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[view document] (0 pages) [no image] Collection: Printed Versions [unknown]
[view document] (2 pages) YTV20a (2 pages) Collection: Orderly Book of the Deputy Adjutant General to District Commander Maj. Gen. Charles C. Pinckney, Apr-Jun 1800. 1 vol (no. 383/267). (RG98) [unknown]
[view document] (0 pages) [no image] Publication: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton [unknown]

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author W. North Plainfield, New Jersey [n/a]