1814 Artillery Regiment War of 1812 Discharge
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War of 1812 Soldier's Discharge Pay $8/Mo. 11th Infantry Regiment Artillery Company Defending the Canadian Border
October 31, 1814-Dated War of 1812 Period, Manuscript Document, Being a Receipt for Discharge Pay for David Roger, sa Soldier in Capt. John B. Wallach's Artillery Company defending the Canadian border, Choice Extremely Fine.
This rarely encountered, historic War of 1812 Manuscript Pay Document, measures 6" x 7.5" nicely written on fine period paper. It is a receipt for Military Pay received by David Rogers when he was discharged in October of 1814. Rogers had served in Capt. Wallach's Artillery Company, which was part of the 11th United States Infantry Regiment. This unit was organized in Vermont, New Hampshire, and Connecticut in 1812 and spent the entire War period defending the Canadian border against the British. Jacob Cutter, also named in this document, was the regiment's Assistant District Paymaster. This Document reads, in full:
"To David Rogers, a private in Captn. John B. Wallach's Company of Artillery - To my pay commencing 1st May and ending 30th October 1814 at $8 per month [equals] 47.74 - Travel to Hampton 8 miles - one day [equals] .26 - [total] 48.00 - Oct. 31, 1814 - Received of Jacob Cutter, A(ssistant) D(istrict) P(ay) Master, forty eight Dollars -- cents in full for the above, for which I have signed Duplicate Receipts. -- (Signed) David Rogers."
M. J. de Rochemont has signed in the lower left as a witness. The Docket on the back reads: "D. Rogers of Capt. Wallach Comy. Artillery, Discharge Oct. 30, 1814." Overall, in excellent condition, still bright with just a touch of slight age tone. A wonderful example of a Soldier's pay during the War of 1812. An important historic piece of New England local history of the period.
War of 1812 Soldier's Discharge Pay $8/Mo. 11th Infantry Regiment Artillery Company Defending the Canadian Border
October 31, 1814-Dated War of 1812 Period, Manuscript Document, Being a Receipt for Discharge Pay for David Roger, sa Soldier in Capt. John B. Wallach's Artillery Company defending the Canadian border, Choice Extremely Fine.
This rarely encountered, historic War of 1812 Manuscript Pay Document, measures 6" x 7.5" nicely written on fine period paper. It is a receipt for Military Pay received by David Rogers when he was discharged in October of 1814. Rogers had served in Capt. Wallach's Artillery Company, which was part of the 11th United States Infantry Regiment. This unit was organized in Vermont, New Hampshire, and Connecticut in 1812 and spent the entire War period defending the Canadian border against the British. Jacob Cutter, also named in this document, was the regiment's Assistant District Paymaster. This Document reads, in full:
"To David Rogers, a private in Captn. John B. Wallach's Company of Artillery - To my pay commencing 1st May and ending 30th October 1814 at $8 per month [equals] 47.74 - Travel to Hampton 8 miles - one day [equals] .26 - [total] 48.00 - Oct. 31, 1814 - Received of Jacob Cutter, A(ssistant) D(istrict) P(ay) Master, forty eight Dollars -- cents in full for the above, for which I have signed Duplicate Receipts. -- (Signed) David Rogers."
M. J. de Rochemont has signed in the lower left as a witness. The Docket on the back reads: "D. Rogers of Capt. Wallach Comy. Artillery, Discharge Oct. 30, 1814." Overall, in excellent condition, still bright with just a touch of slight age tone. A wonderful example of a Soldier's pay during the War of 1812. An important historic piece of New England local history of the period.
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