Letter from the Commissioner of Army Accounts
Document 1785John Pierce request from Andrew Dunscomb an account of his settlements with veterans of the Southern Line.
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N York, June 24 1785
Dear Sir
For the reason of this [strikethrough: time] delay, the foregoing
[strikethrough: No 3]
[undecipherable] & the last [undecipherable] circul[ar] out are not return
after Space not less, this business have — for this
[undecipherable: desired]
purpose you know I directed you to render
out in the course of your settlements with the
Officers such return and to transmit it to me
as they lay — the return I wish you to forward
as early as possible, and in the mean time I
am making out another account of the charge
against the here, that I may never run of any
mistakes satisfy the element and reduce as
perfect as possible — but for want of the payments
made by Mr Dotaley I am unable to complete
the Separate Line — I therefore wish you to send
name of the Officer have had
me a list of the charges [undecipherable] for pay
or rations sues received from him, and you will
oblige me and the Fines, if you transmit the
list to me immediately — as it is required by
[undecipherable] as [undecipherable: promptly] may
Type
Contemporary Copy of Letter made from Author's Files
Description
John Pierce request from Andrew Dunscomb an account of his settlements with veterans of the Southern Line.
Date
06/29/1785
Author
Recipient
Sent from
New York
Repository
Document number
1785062937001
Page start
1
Note
This letter is not signed, but is probably written by John Pierce.
Notable persons
Andrew Dunscomb
John Pierce
congress
officers
soldiers
southern line
Notable locations
New York
Maryland
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Notable items
accounts
vouchers
public books
specie
payments
settlements
charges
claims
papers
business
subsistence
pay
