Settlement of Pay
Document 1786Dicusses a claimant's request for renewal of "final settlement securities"
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New Yor[k] [undecipherable]
Gentlemen
On the application of Mr Lovell for the renewal of [undecipherable]
the final settlement [undecipherable] by one of [undecipherable]
[undecipherable: text lost in gap]
...to suggest that the resolution of [undecipherable]
of August last appears to direct, and the safety of the [undecipherable]
public interest makes nec[essary] that no such renew[al] [undecipherable]
[interlineation: sho[u]ld] [interlineation: unless]
can take place, the most satisfactory evidence is pro
duced, which I presume ought to be no less than a
direct unequivocal proof of a destruction. [interlineation: of its being bur[undecipherable]]
this case [interlineation: as] [undecipherable] a probability only exists, I am [undecipherable]
opinion (with submission to the sentiments of the B[undecipherable] [interlineation: [undecipherable]]
that a[s] renewal) (cannot [interlineation: take] [undecipherable] on the foregoing
paragraphs be permitted.
I have the Honor to be with
great consideration & respect
/ Gentlemen
Your Obt Servt.
[Honble Board of Treasury.]
Type
Autograph Draft Document
Description
Dicusses a claimant's request for renewal of "final settlement securities"
Date
01/10/1786
Author
Recipient
Sent from
New York
Document number
1786011037001
Page start
1
Note
No signature, but in Pierce's Hand
Notable persons
John Pierce
Board of Treasury
Mr. Lovell
Congress
Notable locations
New York
Notable items
application
final settlement securities
resolution of Congress
August 1785
public interest
evidence
destruction
principles


