Letter to the Board of the Treasury
Document 1786The Commissioner of Army Accounts and Paymaster General writes to the Board of the Treasury. Mentions resolutions of Congress and allowances made to the states.
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[To the Board of [undecipherable]
Sept 7. 1786
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Office of Army Acc[oun]ts Sept. 7. 1786
Gentlemen,
I do myself the Honor
I take this liberty to enclose to the Board an extract of a letter I have received [undecipherable] from Royal [undecipherable] Lt [undecipherable] Commissioner for the State of Massachusetts, dated the [undecipherable] Instant and a copy of an extract enclosed in this [undecipherable]
the Commissioner for New Hampshire—
I am induced to [undecipherable] attention, from a sense [undecipherable] that
the principles [undecipherable] and which it [has] been [undecipherable]
[they may be] [undecipherable: established]
been adopted, [undecipherable] the system [undecipherable] by
Congress by sundry resolutions and more especially
by those of April 10. 1780 & May 27. 1783 [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
create an inequality in the allowances made to the
[undecipherable] States for depreciation. I have thought [undecipherable]
Type
Draft Letter
Description
The Commissioner of Army Accounts and Paymaster General writes to the Board of the Treasury. Mentions resolutions of Congress and allowances made to the states.
Date
09/15/1786
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Office of Army Accounts, New York
Document number
1786090821001
Page start
1
Notable persons
John Pierce
Board of Treasury
commissioner
Nathaniel Gorham
Congress
Commissioner of Army Accounts
Paymaster General
Notable locations
Office of Army Accounts
New York
Royal Island
Massachusetts
Maryland
New Hampshire
Notable items
accounts
allowances
resolutions
liquidation
inequality

