Pay of a French Officer
Document 1786Discusses the settlement of the account of a French officer for service in the Continental Army in the Revolutionary War.
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Pay office January 21. 1786
Sir,
In compliance with your request of to day, I have made out the enclosed state of the accounts of Captain [Le Brien?] by which you will be informed that he has [undecipherable] the manner in which he has received his payments. [Since this] I find also [undecipherable] above mentioned settle-
ments that he has delivered into the Treasury [his]
certificates for the ballances found in [his] favor
and received [undecipherable] hundred thirty three dols [one]
third in Cash, and certificates for the ballance
bearing interest payable in Frances.
[undecipherable — page largely illegible]
[General Knox]
Type
Draft Letter
Description
Discusses the settlement of the account of a French officer for service in the Continental Army in the Revolutionary War.
Date
01/21/1786
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Pay Office
Document number
1786012137001
Page start
1
Note
RJM 12-15-11
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Notable persons
General Henry Knox
John Pierce
Captain La Bruns
United States
Secretary of War
Notable locations
Pay Office
Treasury
France
Notable items
accounts
settled
payments
settlements
certificates
balances
dollars
cash
interest

