Counterfeited certificates

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Letter from the paymaster respecting Majr Morrill.

        Army Accounts Septemr 7th 1786

answered in Letter Book page 65 Office of Army Accounts

                                   New York Septem. 7th 1786

Sir I do myself the Honor to Inclose to your Excellency Copies of the Receipts of the Agents of the Line of your State for the Certificates issued by me. for the Arrears due the Line who are agreeably to the Acts of Congress accountable to the Executive of the State for their issues. [Editor’s note: pen flourish at the end of this sentence.] As it is necessary in the examination of the Agents expenditures to recur to my Register of the Certificates issued to them, I have Obtained the Sanction of the Commissioners of the Treasury that your Auditors be permitted Access for that Purpose to my Register now in the hands of the Loan Officer of your State. [Editor’s note: pen flourish at the end of this sentence.]

                            I am Very Respectfully [Editor's note: pen flourish]

                                              Your Excellencys

                                           Most Obedient Servant

                                               Jno Pierce

         [Editor's note: infinity sign with a set of apostrophies in each loop underneath his signed name]

His Excellency

The President of the State

   of New Hampshire

Type

Letterbook

Description

Writes John Sullivan, the President of the State of New Hampshire, on the subject of the counterfeited certificates, and inspections of the office.

Date

09/07/1786

Author

Recipient

Sent from

New York

Document number

1786090721001

Page start

1

Notable persons

John Sullivan
John Pierce
Amos Morrill
Board of Treasury
Auditor

Notable locations

New Hampshire
New York

Notable items

Register
certificates
counterfeiting