Resignation of Captain Gibbon
Document 1788Letter from the Commissioner of Army Accounts regarding the resignation of Captain Gibbon.
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New York February 20th 1788
Dear Sir,
Having just arrived at this place I take an early opportunity to consult with Genl Knox and Sevier a here on the subject of your demands against the United States and they are both of opinion that your resignation in 1781 must be deemed conclusive late in respect to your appointment as a Captain and as it affects the commission. I have wished to grant at least the pay but find that I shall not be justified in doing it, and it gives me a very particular unhappiness to be obliged to deny what I am sensible your merit entitles you to. The transactions that have taken place in Pennsylvania of the continuance of your Commission, but a direct certificate from the Records of Gen. Washington on the subject.
Your Commission was sent by me to Colonel Johnston last summer agreeably to your request —
Ino Pierce
[strikethrough: Office of Army Accounts]
New York February 21st 1788
Sir
Agreeably to your and Mr Meriat's request I send a copy of the receipt given to him for Lieut Mitchels ballance, as also a copy of his account current. You mention in your letter of the 25th of July 1786, that a receipt is wanting which Mr Wollaston is to take and that you would forward Dr Pr No 92888 in favour of In Morrison for 2232/3 Dollars and I do not find that it has been sent on. Will you be so good as to remind Mr Meriat of the necessity of his being Sent on?
Ino Pierce
Mr Ebenezer Jackson
Type
Letterbook
Description
Letter from the Commissioner of Army Accounts regarding the resignation of Captain Gibbon.
Date
02/20/1788
Author
Recipient
Sent from
New York
Document number
1788022021055
Page start
335
Note
Cited in Howell to Gibbon, 10/03/1788.
Notable persons
James Gibbon
John Pierce
George Washington
Henry Knox
General Irvine
Notable locations
New York
Pennsylvania
Notable items
Resignation
commission

