Enclosed Certificate

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Oct 1. 1787Cap Moses White Coppayd Office of Army AudrNew York Oct. 1. 1787 Sir I have revised your Account and agreable to the statement now made there is a balance due you of 46/90. I could not with propriety allow you the interest due on the certificate which you have returned into the Office for the reason that the ballance which stood against you on your settlement was due to the US previous to the date of the certificate above mentioned– I have therefore credited you by the certificate in the sum expressed on the face of it– + Inclosed is a certificate of your having Closed your Accounts as Pmaster in my office [undecipherable cross out] I am Siryour Obt Sert +The two months pay as paymaster which you make mention of having been [undecipherable] by Mr. Chinn cannot [undecipherable cross out] be passed to your Credit [undecipherable cross out] untill a settlement of Mr. Chinns Accounts takes place and the same Refunded by him Cap Moses White

Type

Contemporary Copy of Letter Signed

Description

Informs Captain White that there is a balance due him; also, encloses the certificate noting the closure of his account

Date

10/01/1787

Recipient

Sent from

New York

Document number

1787100121001

Page start

1

Note

Letter not signed.

Notable persons

Captain Moses White
Joseph Howell
paymaster
Chim

Notable locations

New York

Notable items

account
statement
balance due
interest due
certificate
closed your accounts
pay