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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC07137 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1782 |
| Title | Daniel Morgan to Nathanael Greene regarding lack of pay and his hardship due to army service |
| Date | 28 July 1782 |
| Author | Morgan, Daniel (1736-1802) |
| Recipient | Greene, Nathanael |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | A letter to his former commander concerning his situation and back pay owed to him and to the Continental soldiers who served under him. He thanks Greene for the recommendation of a Captain Osborn. He complains about the compensation from the state of Virginia: "Our assembly gave the officers certificatyes [sic] for two years pay, which was to be paid out of the money arising from the sales of the confiscated property [of Loyalists]...[.]" Morgan writes that the Assembly had made an act to raise 3,000 men with a bounty and clothing, which he remarks "would have been sufficient to have raised the men, could they have any hopes of being cloathed and paid, but being so strongly deceived, that they have no faith in publick promises, and the officers spirits are so much broken that they dont make any progress toward it." Morgan writes that he will soon "totally exhaust my fund[s]... I find myself going very thirsty, my cloath[es] are nearly wore out, and my laurels fade." On hearing that Greene is to receive clothing he ends "could I not be considered as part of that army; and be equipt with a suit of cloath, it would be needless [to] mention particulars for I [need] everything from top to toe." |
| Subjects | Revolutionary War Revolutionary War General Military History Continental Army Soldier's Pay Loyalist Clothing and Accessories Recruitment Military Supplies |
| People | Morgan, Daniel (1736-1802) Greene, Nathanael (1742-1786) |
| Place written | Saratoga, Winchester, Virginia |
| Theme | The American Revolution |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |