Pay for Troops and Compensation for "Deranged Officer"

Item

Type

Autograph Letter Signed

Title

Pay for Troops and Compensation for "Deranged Officer"

Description

Enclosed muster and pay rolls along with updates of several companies. Discussed compensation for Polhemus as a "deranged officer". List of vouchers enclosed.

year created

1797

month created

05

day created

05

author

sent from location

Pittsburgh

recipient

sent to location

Philadelphia

in collection

in image

notable person/group

William Simmons
Isaac Craig
Captain Ross Bird
Captain Turner
company
Captain Bissell
Captain Moses Porter
Lieutenant Polhemus
deranged officer
Samuel Lewis
Samuel Lewis Senior
Accountant
Private Timothy O'Rourk
Sergeant John Weir
Private William Busk
Private John Grandstaff
Sergeant Philo Biers
Philo Beers
Private William Hall
Private Peter Ammon
Private Daniel Poeter
Daniel Poter
Doctor George Pfeiffer
Doctor Feiffer
Private John Patterson
Sergeant John Toomy
deserters
Doctor John F Carmichael
Private John Ward
Sergeant John Easton

notable location

Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Detroit

notable item/thing

muster rolls
pay rolls
expenditures
schedule
payment
draft
returns
post notes
vouchers
pay and forage
pay
expenses

notable idea/issue

credit to account
payment of troops
deranged officer

document number

1797050579001

page start

1

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Document instances

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[view document] (3 pages) IAU46 (3 pages) Collection: James Robertson Papers IIE097-98

Document names

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