Citation - Pennsylvania Gazette-Philadelphia: 1777.03.26

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Index Entry Drum major, in Continental army, pay established 
Location Philadelphia 
Citation
PG-P.777.012
26 Mar 1777:23 (2509)
For the information of the officers engaged in the
Continental Service on the new establishment, you are
desired to insert the following list of pay, as I received
it from Charles Thomson, Esq; Secretary of Congress, and you
will greatly oblige, Yours, &c. [signed] William Palerey,
pay-master general.
Colonel per month, 75 dollars. . . [13 lines] drum-major and
fife-major, 8 1/3 each, . . . drummer and fifer  7 1/3 each.
private  6 2/3


Generic Title Pennsylvania Gazette-Philadelphia 
Date 1777.03.26 
Publisher Hall and Sellers 
City, State Philadelphia, PA 
Year 1777 
Bibliography B0037258
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