1786 Rare Continental Army Dr. MATTHEW MAUS Pay

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Rarely Encountered Doctor MATTHEW MAUS Payment
CHARLES BIDDLE (1745-1821). Pennsylvania statesman that served as the Seventh Vice-President of the State (1785 to 1787).
JOHN NICHOLSON (1757-1800). Comptroller general of Pennsylvania and business partner of Declaration Signer Robert Morris.
(Doctor) MATTHEW MAUS (1748-1787). Continental Army Congressional Commissioned Surgeon of the Invalid Corps. Original Member Society of the Cincinnati of Pennsylvania.
April 11, 1786-Dated, Partly-Printed Document Signed, "Chas. Biddle - V.P." as Vice President, measuring 10" x 8", 1 page, Philadelphia, Very Fine. Being a payment request to David Rittenhouse, Treasurer to the Surgeon of the "Invalid Corps" Signed "Matthew Maus", ordering to pay one "Doctor Matthew Maus, Surgeon, late of the Pennsylvania Line, the sum of fifty four pounds thirteen shillings and seven pence" with two years unpaid interest. Two vertical folds, some minot edge tone. Also Signed at upper-left by "JOHN NICHOLSON" (1757-1800), the Comptroller-general of Pennsylvania and Partner of Declaration of Independence Signer Robert Morris. Doctor MATTHEW MAUS affixes his signature at lower-left. He served as a Doctor and Surgeon in the Continental Army January 1776 througout the entire Revolutionary War, being Discharged in November 1783.
Doctor MATTHEW MAUS was the doubtlessly busy surgeon of the 'Invalid Corps', a group of about 1,000 disabled Continental Army veterans, established by the Continental Congress to serve as guards at magazines, hospitals, and similar establishments.
The Commander, Lewis Nicola, drew the historic "Plan of the English Lines near Philadelphia," which showed the locations of important fortifications from the Delaware River to Schuylkill River.
Despite this success, the Handicapped Corps received no pay for over eight months, froze and starved during the harsh Winters of 1777 and 1778, suffered frequent illness, lack of clean water, and worries of British incursions, and relocated frequently throughout the Revolutionary War. After years of hardship, a captain of the corps complained directly to George Washington about Nicola's mistreatment, going so far as to call for Nicola's arrest!
Matthew Maus Military Record:
Jan - Jul 1776 Surgeon's Mate 4th Pennsylvania Battalion Canada Campaign (II)

Feb 1776 Surgeon's Mate 4th Pennsylvania Battalion

Jun 1776 Surgeon's Mate Hospital Corps Northern Department

1 Apr 1777 2nd Surgeon Hospital Corps Northern Department

7 Oct 1780 Surgeon Invalid Corps Assigned To Philadelphia; Garrison Duty

Nov 1783 Surgeon Invalid Corps Discharged