Henry Jackson A.D.S., West Point, August 4, 1783 : receipt to [Captain Adams Bailey]
1783
MSS L1971.21.1 M MB
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Title
Henry Jackson A.D.S., West Point, August 4, 1783 : receipt to [Captain Adams Bailey]
Published
West Point 1783
Description
[1] leaf ; 14 x 20 cm.
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MSS L1971.21.1 M MB
Note
Text of the document apparently in a hand other than Jackson's.
"Received of Catain Adams Bailey his order in my favour and John Peirce [i.e., Pierce] Esquire Pay Master General to the American Army for the full amount of one months pay of his grade to be appropriated to the establishment of a fund agreeable to the institution of the Society of the Cincinnati
On verso: Col. H. Jacksons receipt for a months pay for the Cincinnati
The Society's institution included the requirement that each member contribute one month's pay to the general fund of his state society -- see Minor Myers. Liberty without Anarchy (1983), p. 25.
Captain Adams Bailey was an orginal member of the Massachusetts Society of the Cincinnati; Jackson was its first treasurer.
John Pierce was an original member of the Connecticut Society of the Cincinnati. A John Peirce, not the Pay Master General, was an original member of the Massachusetts Society.
Gift of Dr. Adams Bailey, the great-great grandson of the original member. Digitized image available, see URL
"Received of Catain Adams Bailey his order in my favour and John Peirce [i.e., Pierce] Esquire Pay Master General to the American Army for the full amount of one months pay of his grade to be appropriated to the establishment of a fund agreeable to the institution of the Society of the Cincinnati
On verso: Col. H. Jacksons receipt for a months pay for the Cincinnati
The Society's institution included the requirement that each member contribute one month's pay to the general fund of his state society -- see Minor Myers. Liberty without Anarchy (1983), p. 25.
Captain Adams Bailey was an orginal member of the Massachusetts Society of the Cincinnati; Jackson was its first treasurer.
John Pierce was an original member of the Connecticut Society of the Cincinnati. A John Peirce, not the Pay Master General, was an original member of the Massachusetts Society.
Gift of Dr. Adams Bailey, the great-great grandson of the original member. Digitized image available, see URL
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