Settlement with Continental Regiments
Document 1786Discusses the general state of the settlement of the Army's accounts with the regiments of the states
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Type
Autograph Draft Letter
Description
Discusses the general state of the settlement of the Army's accounts with the regiments of the states
Date
01/24/1786
Author
Recipient
Sent from
New York
Document number
1786012437101
Page start
1
Note
This letter is not signed but is written in John Pierce's hand.
Notable persons
John Pierce
Board of Treasury
Colonel Palfrey
Army
officers
militia officers
regimental paymasters
Congress
public
regimental agents
executors
officers of Congress
states
United States
the Continent
commissioners
Notable locations
New York
Pay Office
United States office
continent
Notable items
accounts
money
pay
subsistence
contingencies
account
settlements
books
direction
business
services
principle
vouchers
evidence
monies
recruiting
states
actions
regimental pay
1775
1776
1777
service
returns
musters
compensation
reward
resolves of Congress
foreign service
act of congress of 3 November 1783
certificates
arrears
receipts
obligations
May 1785
duty
charges
payments
old emissions
balances
depreciation