Payment of Troops

Item

Type

Autograph Letter Signed

Title

Payment of Troops

Description

Notification that draft will be made on Secretary of War to pay the troops at the upper posts of the Ohio river and the troops that descended the Ohio as guards for Mr. Ellicott. Noted Palhemus and Lukens would settle accounts with Simmons.

year created

1796

month created

11

day created

04

author

sent from location

Pittsburgh

recipient

sent to location

War Department

in collection

in image

notable person/group

William Simmons
Isaac Craig
Andrew Ellicott
Ellicot
troops
guard
Lieutenant Polhemus
Palhemus
Lukens
Lieutenant Lukens

notable location

War Department
Pittsburgh
Ohio river
upper posts of the Ohio
post
fort
frontier
territory

notable item/thing

draft
money
pay
rolls

notable idea/issue

payment of troops
settlement of accounts

document number

1796110479001

page start

1

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[view document] (1 pages) IAT25 (1 pages) Collection: James Robertson Papers IID236

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author Isaac Craig Pittsburgh [n/a]
Recipient William Simmons War Department [n/a]