Accounting Matters
Document 1784Discusses various accounting issues; also notes that several account books and papers have been forwarded to Pierce's office.
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Dear Sir Pay Office Philadelphia Feby 10. 1784
[seal] This Day I received yours of the 28th Jany
I did receive from M. Morris Ten thousand dollars per order of the Same date as then was given two thousand of which was Kept for the use of the Office here which M. Morris knew. as a Number of Prisoners had applied for their pay & Subsistence for last year.
Mr. Carleton is not yet returned from Maryland. the Vouchers are all ready for his Examination accounts & up to the 1 January.
I Shall make application to M. Morris for the Subsistence of the Garrison at West Point. when those is Sent on for your safe Oppl. as there has been no apps. from Charles Town Since the beginning of December last. I suppose is the reason we have not heard from Mr. Dart. and as soon as his Vouchers arrive you may depend they Shall be immediately examined & Entered; Same wrote him again. as soon as [underline: the Office Opens]
Inclosed you have a duplicate of Cap. Morris Willet's Pay Rec. & Ant. [undecipherable] N. Walter Rect. for 40 dollars & duplicate of Majr. Charles Pay. — have receiv'd
More funded Paper. which Shall be Sent to New York [strikethrough: Pfs & [undecipherable]] agreeable to your request. when a Safe Opple Mess. in the Box that Contains the Bale [strikethrough: you will find] we have Sent Belly Porter & Son's Consnts Books. & Batture when we have them order to be forwarded to you
[Mr. Pierce Feby 10. 1784]
Type
Draft Letter
Description
Discusses various accounting issues; also notes that several account books and papers have been forwarded to Pierce's office.
Date
02/10/1784
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Pay Office, Philadelphia
Document number
1784021021001
Page start
1
Notable persons
John Pierce
Phillip Audibert
Morris
prisoners
Carleton
Dash
Captain Marrin Willet
White
Major Marlet
Billy Porter
Ian Conont
Notable locations
Pay Office, Philadelphia
Maryland
Charles Town [Charleston]
New York
West Point
Notable items
dollars
pay
subsistence
accounts
vouchers
examination
application
certificate
box
paper
books
garrison

