Forwarding pay certificates
Document 1797Discusses his forwarding of pay certificates and other business of the pay office to Capt. Howell; mentions the auditing of an account.
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West Point Feby 11. 1784
I have to acknowledge N:1 of yours — in my last by Brown I inclosed you some certificates — I have written to [undecipherable] and [undecipherable] & Mr [undecipherable] desiring them to forward [undecipherable] in your business as [the] duties of the [pay] office [will] admit, I have also determined if my health continues to free myself from this [undecipherable] please the first of [undecipherable] — [undecipherable] I am Dr Sir [undecipherable]
If you have not delivered [undecipherable] certificates, I wish [you] to do it, until you have [recovered?] the [amount?] as [it] appears to be a mistake against the public of 45 90/100 Doll[ar]s in the [undecipherable] of the [undecipherable] — if it is so I must [ask] you to send the certificates to me
[Capt Howell]
Type
Autograph Letter
Description
Discusses his forwarding of pay certificates and other business of the pay office to Capt. Howell; mentions the auditing of an account.
Date
06/14/1797
Author
Recipient
Sent from
West Point
Document number
1784021137301
Page start
1
Note
Addressed to Capt. Howell
Notable persons
Captain Joseph Howell
John Pierce
Brown
Audibert
Reid
public
Notable locations
West Point
pay office
New York
Notable items
certificates
dollars
specie
gold
silver
account
mistake
certificate

