Letters, 1808-1861, to the Paymaster General, Washington, D.C., from various officers and others.

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Letters, 1808-1861, to the Paymaster General, Washington, D.C., from various officers and others.

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Recommendations for paymasters for various regiments and districts, notice of accounts, requests for payments and pensions. Bulk of letters to Robert Brent (1808-1818), Nathan Towson (1819-1841), from J.C. Swift (1812-1816) and William B. Lewis (1835). Among numerous correspondents are N. Frye, Alden Partridge, John Armstrong, Wm. Lee, Maj. Gen. Jackson, Wm. Eustis, Thomas Parker, D. Parker, Thomas Pinkerton, James Reed, James Monroe and others.

ca. 240 items (in box) ; 12-34 cm.

Dartmouth College Library

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