Report on the account of General Sullivan
Document 1786Report on General Sullivan's account for the years 1777-1779, by the Commissioner of Army Accounts.
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[General Sullivan reduc]ed
to Specie
March 12d 1786—,
[Copy]
General Sullivans pay from June 1774 to Nov 30 1779
for 65 Months @ 466 Dols — . . . . . . . . . 5,810—
Should Deductions made by him for pay reduced to specie
by the Massachusetts scale amount to,
March 1777 — 285 [undecipherable] @ 103 [undecipherable] . . . 208 67
May d — 448 [undecipherable] @ 157 . . . . [undecipherable] 285 39
July d — 332 @ 182 . . . . — 182 37
Nov dt — 832 @ 396 . . . . — 210— 9
March 1778 — 496 @ 480 . . . . — 103 40
April d — 500 @ 519 . . . . — 96 8[undecipherable]
July d — 1000 @ 634 . . . . — 157 66
October dt — 1000 @ 690 . . . . — 144 8[undecipherable]
Jany 1779 — 1000 @ 834 . . . . — 119.82
Decm d — 1328 @ 3025 . . . . — 13.81
1552.68
Dollars — 1, 257 [undecipherable]
It appears by the above charges that the General received from thence his nominal pay, from which circumstance it may be presumed that some part of these charges ought to be set against another account, but probably his extra pay while commanding in a separate department —
also by the Public Books
It appears also, that several sums of money have been raised by the General which are not accounted for
Type
Autograph Document
Description
Report on General Sullivan's account for the years 1777-1779, by the Commissioner of Army Accounts.
Date
03/02/1786
Author
Recipient
Document number
1786030221101
Page start
1
Note
This document is in John Pierce's Handwriting.
Notable persons
John Pierce
General Sullivan
Commissioner of Army Accounts
Notable locations
Massachusetts
Notable items
specie
pay
dollars
charges
account
public books
money

