Claim of Doctor Middleton
Item
Type
Draft Letter
Title
Claim of Doctor Middleton
Description
Report of the investigation into the claims of Doctor Basil Middleton's petition for half pay for service as a surgeon in the Virginia Continental Line during the Revolutionary War.
year created
1790
month created
04
day created
22
author
sent from location
Office of Army Accounts
recipient
in image
notable person/group
Commissioner of Army Accounts
Doctor Basil Middleton
Secretary at War
Henry Knox
Virginia Line
surgeon
Doctor Cornilius Baldwin
Infantry of Virginia
Joseph Howell
notable location
Office of Army Accounts
notable item/thing
petition
claim
pay
War
Infantry of Virginia
Virginia Line
arrangement of 1 January 1783
arranged and paid
the war
duties
physical attendance
final settlement
accounts
service
claims upon the United States
demands
document number
1790042241001
transcription
The Commissioner of Army Accounts upon the Petition of Doctor Basil Middleton referred to him in the Secretary of War respectfully Reported -
that he has exeamind into the missle of Doctor Middletons claim for ten & half months pay [undecipherable] in the Virginia lines and finds that on the arrangment of the 1st January 1783 it appears the Petitioner was considered as a redundant Surgeon and Doctor Cornilius Baldwin alons arang and paid by the United States to the conclusion of the War - the Infantry of Virginia in the year 1783 consisted of [undecipherable] regimnet. This [undecipherable] that the necessary duties of physical attendance would not require more than one Surgeon and that the Petitioner has recieved a final [undecipherable] his account to the first of January 1783 and his having performed Service after that time
appearing rather problematical the Comm - of opinion that Settlement seuts be considered as a conclusion of his claims upon the U States and further demands consequently inadmisssable
Allwhichs Submitted
Office of Army Accounts
22nd April 1790
[undecipherable]
the Petitioner Doctor Basil Madgdon
that he has exeamind into the missle of Doctor Middletons claim for ten & half months pay [undecipherable] in the Virginia lines and finds that on the arrangment of the 1st January 1783 it appears the Petitioner was considered as a redundant Surgeon and Doctor Cornilius Baldwin alons arang and paid by the United States to the conclusion of the War - the Infantry of Virginia in the year 1783 consisted of [undecipherable] regimnet. This [undecipherable] that the necessary duties of physical attendance would not require more than one Surgeon and that the Petitioner has recieved a final [undecipherable] his account to the first of January 1783 and his having performed Service after that time
appearing rather problematical the Comm - of opinion that Settlement seuts be considered as a conclusion of his claims upon the U States and further demands consequently inadmisssable
Allwhichs Submitted
Office of Army Accounts
22nd April 1790
[undecipherable]
the Petitioner Doctor Basil Madgdon
Item sets
Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (2 pages) | cca08 (2 pages) | Collection: Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript file) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859) | B:178 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Joseph Howell | Office of Army Accounts | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Henry Knox | [unknown] | [n/a] |