Account of Lieutenant Hanson
Document 1786Discusses the settlement of the account of Lieutenant William Hanson.
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to general that I may Attain such information & then from you & him as may enable me to [undecipherable] the documents with justice
John White Esqr No
New York October 30. 1786
Dear Sir
The Enclosed Account Current will shew that you have made a mistake in the Settlement of the Account of St William [undecipherable: Hanson] of 36 [undecipherable] to dollars by [undecipherable: crediting] him a balance of 13 [undecipherable] do[undecipherable] instead of charging the same to his Account, which if possible I wish may be rectified
Cap. [undecipherable: Wacher] [undecipherable] received of H[undecipherable] [undecipherable] 120 do[undecipherable] for his pay for [undecipherable] March and April 1783. and of Horatio [undecipherable] the same sum, in the same time. You have charged himself with only one of these sums I wish you to let on him also to refund the same.
Sam [undecipherable]
J.P.
John White Esqr J.P.
[Circulars] Office of Army Accounts
October 30. 1786
Enclosed you will receive my further register of Certificates [undecipherable: Issued]. I have reason to believe that John [undecipherable: Philon] has [undecipherable: passed] Counterfeited Certificates of the same Numbers, Marks & descriptions with the genuine ones [undecipherable]
Type
Letterbook
Description
Discusses the settlement of the account of Lieutenant William Hanson.
Date
10/30/1786
Author
Recipient
Sent from
New York
Repository
Document number
1786103021155
Page start
175
Notable persons
John White
John Pierce
William Hanson
Walker Muse
Hezekiah Ford
Notable locations
New York
Notable items
Refund
