Letter from the Commissioner of Army Accounts
Document 1786John Pierce discusses business transacted for the year 1786.
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Office of [undecipherable] War Jun 22. [undecipherable]
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[undecipherable] I beg leave to report the [undecipherable] statement of [undecipherable] accounts [herewith?] transmitted by [him?].
He stated the [undecipherable] recruits for the year 1782 of 48 Officers and [undecipherable] Men — for the year 1781 of 36 Officers [&] 693 men — for the year 1783 of 36 Officers & [undecipherable] Men — and the commutation and gratuity — has [undecipherable] from me as March 1784 [undecipherable] certificates for the N. C. Officers & Privates amounting to 199.058 [undecipherable] — and in May & June afterwards to the amount of [undecipherable] $27,690 — he draws last pay in the regiment to the 9th day of Nov. 83 [undecipherable] last salaries [undecipherable] as [a] Captain [undecipherable] to the [undecipherable] day [of] July 1784 — the [undecipherable] for whom he had [undecipherable] certificates to [undecipherable] [undecipherable] — about 163 Canadians, 120 Pennsylvanians, [undecipherable] men belonging to Rhode[undecipherable], the same number belonging to the State of Massachusetts — [undecipherable] Connecticut — 75 Delaware — 9 [undecipherable] New Jersey — 37 & Maryland — [undecipherable] the United [undecipherable] about 10 [undecipherable] [undecipherable] died and belong to every State — about the first of April last he settled his [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
obtained up to [undecipherable] $25,864 — [undecipherable] in [undecipherable] [undecipherable] certificates which remains in his hands and [undecipherable] in [undecipherable]
[a more?] [undecipherable] sufficiently [undecipherable] of his [undecipherable] [undecipherable] that it is [conjectured?] that he has been [undecipherable] [undecipherable] and [undecipherable] [undecipherable] issued orders which have been [presented?] to him
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Type
Letterbook
Description
John Pierce discusses business transacted for the year 1786.
Date
06/23/1786
Author
Sent from
Office of Army Accounts
Document number
1786062321201
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Notable persons
John Pierce
privates
Pennsylvanians
Canadians
agent
Notable locations
Office of Army Accounts
Massachusetts
Connecticut
New York
Delaware
New Jersey
Maryland
New Hampshire
Notable items
claim
accounts
gratuity
certificates
commutation
pay
subsistence

