Author's Letterbook Copy
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Regarding an Account Settlement
05/06/1786 Author's Letterbook CopyAnswers Belding's questions as to the settlement of his account and the documentation required by the commissioner
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Regarding account of Captain Matthew Scott
12/28/1786 Author's Letterbook CopyAsks the recipient to settle the account of Captain Matthew Scott. He is entitled to the difference between the $8 he received and the $10 allowed.
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Promotions of Maryland Continental Officers
05/17/1786 Author's Letterbook CopyPromotions of officers of the Maryland Continental Regiments; directs that a history be made of the service of the Maryland officers.
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859) 
Pay Settlements with Virginia Continental Regiments
01/04/1786 Author's Letterbook CopyHowell's answer to Smith's inquiry regarding the settlement of his "three months pay." Discusses the settlement with the "Virginia Line" - the Virginia regiments from the Revolutionary War
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Pay settlement
04/21/1786 Author's Letterbook CopyRequest for Hall to come to the Board of Treasury to provide an account of a transaction necessary for the settlement of his pay as agent of the Invalid Corps during the Revolutionary War.
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Pay Office Business and Pay of Southern Army Officers
05/06/1786 Author's Letterbook CopyDiscusses various business of the Pay Office, including the payment of the Maryland Continental Army officers and other Southern officers. Writes of "so many instances of deceptions" in claims for …
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Pay of the Maryland Line
05/18/1786 Author's Letterbook CopyCover letter for an estimate of the "specie pay" due to the Maryland Continental Regiments
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Pay of Continental Army Judge Advocates
05/11/1786 Author's Letterbook CopyPierce discusses the pay and entitlements of judge advocates in the Continental Army at various periods of the Revolutionary War
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Pay of Captain David Schrack
07/07/1786 Author's Letterbook CopyCapatain David Schrack is granted the sum of 480 dols for one year's pay as a supernumerary Officer. The sum was drawn on to the extent that it was reduced at thirty for one.
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Pay of a Regiment's Officers
05/18/1786 Author's Letterbook CopyPierce discusses the documentation necessary for certain gentlemen to claim their pay as officers of a Revolutionary War regiment
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Pay matters of Captain Waugh and Captain Luke Broadhead
10/03/1786 Author's Letterbook CopyCapt. Waugh has been paid the entire $480 of his supernumerary pay. Regarding Captain Luke Broadhead, the haste with which his account was settled resulted in him being granted $40 specie to which he …
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Pay and Accounting Issues
01/16/1786 Author's Letterbook CopyDiscusses various pay and accounting issues. Mentions the case of a deserter. Subjoins a certificate for David Murray, of the Fifth and Eleventh Pennsylvania Regiments.
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Pay and Accounting Issues
01/16/1786 Author's Letterbook CopyDiscusses various pay and accounting issues.
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Officers' requests and accounts
04/01/1786 Author's Letterbook CopyThe author is settling the account of Captain Alexander Ramsay and sending a certificate for the amount of sixty eight and 16/100 dollars($68.16 )for that purpose. However, he cannot act on the …
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Mr. Martin's time as a scalesman
07/28/1786 Author's Letterbook CopyIn order to settle the recipient's account, he needs to procure a Certificate that verifies the actual time he acted as Scalesman and what money he received in exchange for his services. Once this is …
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Monies advanced to soldiers of the Maryland line
09/30/1786 Author's Letterbook CopyEnclosed is the return of monies advanced to soldiers of the Maryland line with a Certificate given the State by sundries of the Hazen Rgiment and Lee's Legion. Also included are papers related to …
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Lieutenant George Winchester's account
10/19/1786 Author's Letterbook CopyRegarding Lt. George Winchester's account, a mistake was made which resulted in $83[&]56/90 still being due the US. Perhaps the recipient can recall one of Winchester's certificates which would …
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Letter to Captain Job Vernon regarding accounts
08/22/1786 Author's Letterbook CopyEnclosed is a letter to Captain Job Vernon covering a certificate for $285[&]76/90 to settle his accounts. Vernon had asked that the certificate be sent to the recipient who is asked to convey it to …
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Letter from the Commissioner of Army Accounts
06/20/1786 Author's Letterbook CopyPierce's intentions in regards to a forged securities and his plans for apprehending the forger (an officer) of a particular note. Also mentions a person he has confined in jail for passing forged …
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859) 
Letter from Board of Treasury relative to Mr. Shelton
10/19/1786 Author's Letterbook CopyEnclosed is a copy of a letter from the Board of Treasury relative to Mr. Shelton. The author thought it prudent to keep the original in his office and send the copy to the recipient at New Haven.
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Joseph Cox's claim for commutation
08/01/1786 Author's Letterbook CopyLieut. Joseph Cox's claim for commutation is not admissible because no officer who was a supernumerary and was deranged in 1778 was allowed commutation unless a State adopted him or he was recommended …
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John Smith Certificate
06/20/1786 Author's Letterbook CopyThere are two John Smiths in the 10th Regiment but the one referred to in a previous inquiry by the recipient is the one who should apply to Mr. Nicholson for his Certificate.
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John Rea's account
03/21/1786 Author's Letterbook CopyDiscusses the particulars of the settlement of the account of John Rea, late of the 6th Regiment of Pennsylvania
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Insufficient information on Bush's brother
12/13/1786 Author's Letterbook CopyInforms the recipient that the information he had sent regarding the recipient's brother's account is not sufficient to warrant a settlement. It is particularly important that his brother recall the …
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Insufficient documentation to secure claims
07/31/1786 Author's Letterbook CopyThe documentation received is sufficient to secure the recipient's claims. It is understood that poor health prevents the recipient from coming to New York to settle this matter so it can be postponed …
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