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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This Commissioner will lay the account of the Army & whom was reported the Memorials of Corps for [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] report.
First there appears to be a ballance of [undecipherable] Entitled [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
Debt due to Capt Harrison on the settlement of his [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] [undecipherable], not appointed to settle Baltimore, Col.
Antill has charged to Capt Harrison the sum of one
Thousand [undecipherable] Dollars, which the Debt has been [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
only [undecipherable] his [undecipherable] books and stated to [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] [undecipherable]
that the [undecipherable] of this sum, being paid by [undecipherable] & Capt Harrison
First Capt Harrison, has also attested that he
never did receive the [undecipherable] sum of one thousand [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
or any part of it for his own use as that of the
United States.
Next [undecipherable] Harrison, Col. Antill has been
called on by your Commissioner to support
his [undecipherable] of this sum, which he says he [undecipherable]
did, and that the same was paid by him
out of the monies committed [undecipherable] his hands
by the United States. [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
Next Capt Harrison declines to [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
by your Commissioner, [undecipherable] the means by which
he could [undecipherable] is considerable [undecipherable] advanced
[undecipherable] the publice, and Col. Antill, being at Baltimore, in this State, has received from Commissioner [undecipherable] to suspend granting a certificate to [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
being until the parties can be brought together
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
Repository
Document number
1787030421001
Page start
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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
