Scope and Content: Fortifications at Castle Island, Boston Harbor, used since the 1640s for military and penal purposes, were rebuilt after being burned by evacuating British forces in 1776, and then manned by various militia troops, at times under the command of Paul Revere.  A military garrison consisting of a company of men was established there in 1779; the island became the site of a prison facility for Massachusetts from 1785 to 1798.  Wages to garrison personnel were paid in accordance with enabling legislation (Resolves 1779-80, c 420) and later revisions thereto.  Series was created to reimburse the issuing commissary, William Salisbury, for cost of supplies purchased by soldiers beyond those rations required of the commissary-general by law, such as rum, tobacco, sugar, and milk, through stoppage of wages.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
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