Enclosed receipts to various governors
Document 1786Encloses to various northern governors copies of the receipts of the agents of the Line in that governor's particular state, for the certificates issued by the Office. This is in light of the recent theft of certificate paper, which the office is worried will lead to much counterfeiting.
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[Circular] Office of Accounts. 103
New York Septemr 7. 1786
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, to the Arrears due the Line, who are agreeable to the Acts of Congress accountable to the Executives of the States for their Issues, as it is necessary in the Examination of the Agents Expenditures to seem 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.
His Excellency, I am —
the Governor of the [several]
No. m. C &c &c &c &c IP
Gentlemen. Office of Army Accts Sept 8. 1786
I do myself the honor to Inclose to the Board an Extract of a Letter I have received from Royale Flint Esqr Commissioner for the State of Massachusetts, dated Dr Instant and a true Copy of an Extract Enclosed within his Letter, which Mr Flint had received from Mr Gorham the Commissioner from
Type
Letterbook
Description
Encloses to various northern governors copies of the receipts of the agents of the Line in that governor's particular state, for the certificates issued by the Office. This is in light of the recent theft of certificate paper, which the office is worried will lead to much counterfeiting.
Date
09/07/1786
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Office of Accounts, New York
Document number
1786090721255
Page start
103
Notable persons
John Sullivan
George Clinton
James Bowdoin
Samuel Huntington
John Collins
William Livingston
John Pierce
governors
Treasury
Notable locations
Office of Army Accounts
New York
Rhode Island
New York
New Jersey
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Connecticut

