Mishandling blank certificates
Document 1787The Commissioner of Army Accounts discusses various officers whose accounts have not yet been settled and scolds Dunscomb for the way he mishandled several blank certificates.
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New York February 6. 1797
[To] [undecipherable: Dinscom?] &[undecipherable]
[undecipherable: signature/flourish]
Type
Autograph Draft Letter
Description
The Commissioner of Army Accounts discusses various officers whose accounts have not yet been settled and scolds Dunscomb for the way he mishandled several blank certificates.
Date
02/06/1787
Author
Recipient
Sent from
New York
Document number
1787020621001
Page start
1
Note
This letter is not signed, but is probably written by John Pierce.
Notable persons
Andrew Dunscomb
John Pierce
Ambrose Gordon
Jonathan Fitzgerald
Auditors
Army
Thomas Holt
Holman Minnis
Churchill Jones
Taliaferro
Harrison
White
Notable locations
New York
Notable items
account
money
dollars
charges
papers
returns
musters
files
offices
certificates