Jones, William E. (1824-1864) to Peter W. Johnstone
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02711.16 Author/Creator: Jones, William E. (1824-1864) Place Written: St. Louis, Missouri Type: Document signed Date: 22 October 1851 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 25.1 x 19.7 cm. Order a Copy
Lists nine recruits at a bounty of $2.25 per recruit. Postscript by Johnstone, Justice of the Peace, in St. Louis, Missouri.
Jones attended Emory and Henry College before entering West Point, where he graduated in 1848, ranked 10th in his class. He served as a recruiting officer in St. Louis. He also served on the frontier until 1857, when he resigned from the Army and returned to his Virginia farm. He later became a controversial Civil War figure as a cantankerous, court-martialed outpost officer.
1851
for swearing in the following Recruits at 25 cents per recruit
Charles H. Catlin Patrick Collins
James Holdon Robt. McCleary
James Gray Samuel Jones
Daniel Hogan Luke Tracy
James Laughlin
$2.25
I certify on honor that the above account is correct.
W.E. Jones
2ns Lt. R.M.R.
Recruiting Officer, St. Louis, Mo.
Received of 2nd Lt. W.E. Jones R.M.R. Two dollars and Twenty five cents in full of the above accounts.
St. Louis Mo. Peter W. Johnston
Oct. the 22nd 1851 Justice of the Peace
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