Account settlement
Document 1784Jackson discusses the settlement of his account.
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Westmont June 22 1784
dear Sir
I expected before this, you would have [undecipherable: settled] my a/c this way our. [undecipherable] I find a sufficiency to have believed it but believing you must have forgot it, as I am certain I have rec'd more then my dues, provided my a/c is [undecipherable] —
Captain Cordy going on to Philadelphia to [undecipherable] the a/c's of the Regiment, I have requested him to attend to this business, and [undecipherable] the a/c, I have not a sufficiency into his hands for that purpose —
There is a charge in your Books against me for pay rec'd for my Regiment in 1778, when at Providence, which monies I
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Jackson discusses the settlement of his account.
Date
06/22/1784
Author
Recipient
Sent from
West Point
Repository
Document number
1784062270001
Page start
1
Notable persons
John Pierce
Henry Jackson
Captain Gandy (?)
Mr. Perkens (?)
paymaster
officers
Army
Paymaster General
Notable locations
West Point
Philadelphia
Providence
Boston
Notable items
settled
account
hand
balanced
due
regiment
business
hands
charge
books
pay
1778
monies
farthing
monthly pay
letter
vouchers
fall
justice
settlement
allowance
propriety
credit
paid
May 1777
recruit
October
ordered
march
join
recruiting
dollar
notes
balance
discharged
1779
paper money
charged
depreciation
May 1778
1780
sum
unjust
dollars
information
post
