Cover Letter for Officer's Pay Documents
Document 1786Pierce forwards Wyllys documents concerning the pay of Captain Stevens.
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place in a few days, who will be stationed in this City an[undecipherable]
will be the only person proper for you to apply to for a settlem[undecipherable]
he is to be furnished with an account of all your certificates
taken up by the State Commissioners, and it will be best for
you to bring on all your papers and vouchers that respect the
business which has gone through your hands. I am unacquain[undecipherable]
with the state of the business transacted by General Green, nor [undecipherable]
I tell you whether the papers you have lodged with him[,] will
be essential to be reobtained or not. —
Mr Simeon Fielding
New York May 8th 1786
Sir At the request of Capt Stevens I have inclosed
you some papers relative to his application to the State for
his Pay —
George Wyllys Esquire
New York May 6th 1786
Sir Inclosed are the copies of the settlements negociated
in your of the 25th Ult. In mine of the 14th March I informed you that
I should transmitt to the executive of the State copies of the Recei[undecipherable]
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Pierce forwards Wyllys documents concerning the pay of Captain Stevens.
Date
05/08/1786
Author
Recipient
Sent from
New York
Document number
1786050821555
Page start
14
Notable persons
George Wyllys
John Pierce
Captain Stevens
Notable locations
New York
Notable items
papers
application
pay


