Pay settlement
Document 1786Request for Hall to come to the Board of Treasury to provide an account of a transaction necessary for the settlement of his pay as agent of the Invalid Corps during the Revolutionary War.
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Office of Army Accounts April 28th
Gentlemen
I do myself the honor to inclose the representation of Major Lloyd of his services as Agent for General Hazen's Regiment and am with great respect,
Gentlemen Your Obt Servt
The Hon the J. P.
The Board of Treasury
New York 28. April 1786
Sir
The board of Treasury being about to issue the Warrant for your pay for attending the Agent of the late Invalids Regiment, I have made application to them to suspend it untill you are able to give satisfaction respecting the said money that you told me had never signed the order in your favor for their Certificates the you have drawn the same from me on this supposition — you are requested therefore to come to the Board as soon as possible, and give them your account of this transaction —
JP
Mr Talmadge Hall
Army Accounts Office April 28 1786
Gentlemen
I do myself the honor to inclose the representation of Capt Dennis Bucknell for his services as Agent to the Corps of Sappers & Miners, and of Capt DeBard as Agent to Armand's Corps — the former of these Gentlemen settled the Accounts of about 100 Officers and Men and received from me on the 20 of March 1784. 370 Certificates amounting to $2304 Dollars being for all the arrears due the Corps from the year 1780. he accounted for his issues on the 28 January 1785 and delivered up his remaining certificates into my hands — he has drawn his pay from me as a Captain up to the 3d of November 1783 and his subsistence to the 8th of April 1784. —
Mr DeBard settled the Accounts of about 400 Officers & Men he received from me on the 16th of November 1783 & 5th March 1784. 362 Certificates amounting to 130,325 ¾ Dollars being the pay of the Regiment for 1782 & 1783 and the Gratuity & Commutation. he settled his accounts of Issues on the 5 June 1784 and has delivered to me the certificates which remained in his hands. he received pay from me as Captain to 15 Novemr 1783 — subsistence for the same rank to 8 May 1784 —
he has attended solely to this business untill the close of his accounts and was particularly industrious in forwarding his [undecipherable] —
JP
The Honble
The Board of Treasury
New York 21st April 1786
Dear Sir
I inclose a copy of my letter to you of the 17th Ulto also of my letter of the same date to Mr Pendergast and his answer dated the 5th Instant — the whole of which relates to your accounts in the Treasury, and the latter shows, that Mr Pendergast will not acknowledge the receipt of the $5,400 Dollars for which you have not procured his receipt. You will see by my letter that [undecipherable] who intended to have shown the mistake [undecipherable], and therefore as his accounts agree with his receipts to you, I am of opinion that you will find on examination that he ought not to be charged with this sum —
JP
Joseph Clay Esqre
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Request for Hall to come to the Board of Treasury to provide an account of a transaction necessary for the settlement of his pay as agent of the Invalid Corps during the Revolutionary War.
Date
04/21/1786
Author
Recipient
Sent from
New York
Document number
1786042121055
Page start
4
Notable persons
Talmadge Hall
John Pierce
Board of Treasury
agent of the late Invalid Regiment
Notable locations
New York
Notable items
warrant
pay
order
certificates
account
transaction

