Regimental pay agents' accounts
Document 1786Summarizes the details of the settlement of the accounts of two regimental pay agents
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New York April 20, 1786
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I do herewith the Honor to enclose the accounts of Capt.
of [undecipherable] Bushnell who for his services as [undecipherable] the
Corps of Sappers & Miners and Artificers, Pontons Agents
& [undecipherable] Corps — the former of these gent [undecipherable]
settled his accounts to about 100 Officers and received
on the 8 March 1800
from the 80 certificates amounting 632.966
being the allowances for the Corps from the War 880
Dollars for he accounted for the ten officers on the 24 July [undecipherable]
and delivered us his remaining certificates into his
hands — this gentleman has has shown his
way from us as a Continier up to 3d Nov. 1783.
and his who is leave to 1 April 1784.
[undecipherable] settled the accounts of [undecipherable] 8 March 1800
and 600 the 11 [undecipherable]
a Africa Corner — has received from early 362
the pay of the note for which was the 90 [undecipherable] has
certificates amounting to 1900.99 [undecipherable] has
settled his accounts fifty was [undecipherable] this
6 June 1888 and have delivered to send the certificates
also in acceded to his hands — his pay from since as
[undecipherable] to 15 Nov. 1783 on which leave for the same
[undecipherable] to 1 May. 1784. A. [undecipherable] & [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
Type
Autograph Draft Letter
Description
Summarizes the details of the settlement of the accounts of two regimental pay agents
Date
04/24/1786
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Army Commissioners Office, New York
Repository
Document number
1786042421101
Page start
1
Note
Also an author's letter book copy (DEL01).
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Notable persons
Board of Treasury
John Pierce
Captain David Bushnell
agent to the corps of sappers and minors
Captain DeBerts [ DeBert ]
agent to Armand's Corps
gentlemen
officers and men
regiment
Notable locations
Army Commissioners Office
New York
Notable items
representation
services
settled
accounts
20 March 1784
certificates
dollars
arrears
1780
issues
26 January 1785
pay
3 November 1783
subsistence
1 April 1784
15 November 1783
5 March 1784
1782
gratuity
commutation
1 June 1784
1 May 1784
business
