Postponed settlement
Document 1787Postpones settlement of the account of Captain Newman until differences between Newman's petition and the account of Colonel Antill can be resolved.
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The Commissioner will lay the account of the Army & when was reported the memorials of Capt Jn. Harrison have been referred.
First there appears to be a balance of $[undecipherable] due to Capt Harrison on the settlement of his recruiting account, and opposite to this side balance, Col. [undecipherable] Antill has charged to Capt. Harrison the sum of one Thousand [undecipherable] Dollars, which the Col. has [undecipherable]
only on his account Books and attested by the [undecipherable]
that [undecipherable] of this sum, being paid by him to Capt Harrison
[strikethrough: [undecipherable]]
Next Capt Harrison, has also attested that he never did receive the [undecipherable] of one Thousand & twenty Dollars or any part of it. Col. has ever seen at that of the United States.
Next Capt Harrison. Col. Antill has been called on by your Commissioner to support his charges of this sum, which he says he has done, and that the same was paid by him being out of the monies committed into his hands by the United States. [undecipherable] Hundred [undecipherable] Dollars
Next Capt Harrison desires it is unknown by your Commissioner, at the time being which he would desire it considered with an advance by the [undecipherable], and Col. Antill being [undecipherable] together in the [undecipherable], has [undecipherable] your Commissioner only to suspend granting a certificate to [undecipherable] by [undecipherable] to the whole balance [undecipherable] by [undecipherable] until the parties shall be brought together
and [undecipherable] on the subject of their controversy, or until a reasonable time may have elapsed, after a suitable notification, for them to make their appearance. All which is hereby submitted.
Office of Army Accounts
N York the 1 March 1787
[signature]
* That Capt Thomson has repeatedly applied for his settlement, but at the time of his application Col. Antill was absent, which has prevented any hearing between the parties.
[endorsement: Captain [undecipherable] Memorials, March 1, 1787]
Type
Draft Document
Description
Postpones settlement of the account of Captain Newman until differences between Newman's petition and the account of Colonel Antill can be resolved.
Date
03/04/1787
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Office of Army Accounts, New York
Document number
1787030421001
Page start
1
Notable persons
John Pierce
Congress
Captain Jonathan Newman
Colonel Edward Antill
Captain Thomson
Commissioner
petitioner
Notable locations
Office of Army Accounts, New York
United States
Saratoga
Notable items
accounts of the Army
memorial of Congress
balance
dollars
settlement of his recent account
his account book
monies committed into his hands
Capt. Newman's character
certificate for the whole ballance
subject of their controversy
notification

