Letter from the Commissioner of Army Accounts
Document 1786Letter to Major Pendleton from the Commissioner of Army Accounts and Paymaster General. Pierce was appointed by Congress for settling the pay accounts of the Revolutionary War Army.
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[Nov 4. 1 st [undecipherable] 94 1796]
[P[undecipherable]]
The enclosed No 1 is a copy of your account current as settled with [undecipherable]. No 2 is the copy of a letter from Mr [undecipherable] and [undecipherable] regarding it. No 3 is a copy of [undecipherable] statement [undecipherable] with Mr [undecipherable] and. And No 4 is an account made out by me [undecipherable] any conversations with [undecipherable] and stating the balance [undecipherable] from the [undecipherable] — in this case and I [undecipherable] moved to your order [undecipherable] date [undecipherable] 110 [undecipherable] [undecipherable] — at which your [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] the [undecipherable] of [undecipherable] [undecipherable] for [undecipherable] [undecipherable] the account for Clothing for [undecipherable] and the last [undecipherable] [undecipherable] to be the [undecipherable] for [undecipherable] & Clothing and the bond to the United States for monies received from Mr [undecipherable], which he has not charged to you on the other side of the account. I have stated you [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] by the [undecipherable] to [undecipherable]. [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] amount — [undecipherable] of these amounts by your information on them I was [undecipherable] still [undecipherable] in the standing [undecipherable] therefor [undecipherable] on the subject that this [undecipherable] from [undecipherable] is for your private debt — but I cannot get hold of any witnesses on the subject, except the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] that according to your [undecipherable] in [undecipherable] of No [undecipherable] it [undecipherable] not perfectly amount to as large a sum as the [undecipherable] made you by [undecipherable] [undecipherable] and [undecipherable].
I see you are [undecipherable] with 1.000 Dols [undecipherable] by [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Colo in [undecipherable] 400 & [undecipherable] by [undecipherable] in Nov 1790 and that your [undecipherable] at these [undecipherable] as having been remitted by you in your settlement with the [undecipherable], and I find that you owed 400 Dols [undecipherable] in 2 at different times, which I suppose also includes these two payments [undecipherable] [undecipherable] to [undecipherable] some others now charged to you. As I am determined to have this account [undecipherable] [undecipherable], you will offer me
Type
Draft Letter
Description
Letter to Major Pendleton from the Commissioner of Army Accounts and Paymaster General. Pierce was appointed by Congress for settling the pay accounts of the Revolutionary War Army.
Date
09/29/1786
Author
Recipient
Sent from
New York
Document number
1786092921001
Page start
1
Note
This letter is not signed, but is probably written by John Pierce.
Notable persons
Major Pendleton
John Pierce
Andrew Dunscomb
Joseph Carleton
Revolutionary War Army
Paymaster General
Commissioner of Army Accounts
congress
Notable locations
New York
Georgia
Virginia
United States
Notable items
settlement
pay
accounts
settlement
balance
debited
charge
payment

