Return of pay and emoluments
Document 1784Requests a return of the pay and emoluments of the officers employed in Pierce's office (Office of Army Accounts at the Board of Treasury) for estimating the costs of the war office in the coming year for Congress.
No human transcription currently available for this document.
This transcription was generated by machine using Anthropic's Claude Code (a mix of sonnet and opus models). It may contain errors or inaccuracies. Please verify against the document image. Learn more about our generative AI methodology.
[circular]
War Office October 21. 1784 —
Sir,
I expect soon to be called upon by Congress for an estimate of the expence of the [strikethrough: Military establishment] for the ensuing Year — That this Estimate may be formed with some precision and truth, I am to request that you will furnish me immediately with an exact return of the several Officers employed in your department, specifying the pay and other emoluments to which they are respectively entitled —
I am Sir
with great Respect
Your most obd. Servt
H. [undecipherable: Knox]
[PayMaster Genl]
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Requests a return of the pay and emoluments of the officers employed in Pierce's office (Office of Army Accounts at the Board of Treasury) for estimating the costs of the war office in the coming year for Congress.
Date
10/21/1784
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Office
Repository
Document number
1784102115001
Page start
1
Notable persons
John Pierce
Joseph Carleton
Congress
officers employed in Pierce's office
Paymaster General
Notable locations
War Office
war office
office of army accounts
Notable items
estimate of the expenses of the military establishment for 1785
precision and truth
request
return
department
pay
emoluments