BIB_ID
80261
Accession number
MA 558.5
Creator
Butler, Richard, 1743-1791.
Display Date
1781 Dec. 29.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan before 1905.
Description
1 item (2 p., with address) ; 32.9 cm
Notes
Address panel with traces of a seal to "Honble / Major General Lincoln / Minister of War / Philadelphia;" marked "Private" at the top of the address panel.
Endorsed.
This item is part of a collection of autograph letters and documents by Generals of the American Revolution; see collection record (MA 558) for more information.
Endorsed.
This item is part of a collection of autograph letters and documents by Generals of the American Revolution; see collection record (MA 558) for more information.
Summary
Congratulating him on his appointment [Secretary at War]; setting forth his needs for "the Troops in the Southern Department" for clothing and pay; asking how he should apply for pay for his Battalions if the money cannot be given directly to his Paymaster whom he has sent to deliver the letter; assuring him he "would not take the liberty did not necessity require it, the great difficulty of so long a journey without money is very obvious & the trifling Publick supplies are so bad that traveling Officers are laid under difficulties hitherto not often experienc'd."
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