Petition of Major LeRoy
Document 1788Report on the Petition of Major Faunt LeRoy, who served under Colonel Stephen Moylan's Regiment of Light Dragoons during the war.
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make the same a proper charge against the State of Georgia, and is further of opinion that the vouchers reported [undecipherable] are not sufficient to warrant a [undecipherable] against the State as it does not appear that any account of the [advances?] have been rendered to the State or that the officers have [undecipherable] the same on the settle-ment of their accounts with the auditor of that State—
Your commissioner further begs leave to report that it appears in the Resolution of [undecipherable], the 9th [instant?] [undecipherable] that the determination of the [commission?] of [officers?] are recommended to be settled by the several States, that the general officers were [undecipherable] and [undecipherable] their respective lines—
That the State of Connecticut of which general [Schuyler?] was an [inhabitant?] has [filed?] his account the first day of January 1790 and no further And
That the general has [petitioned?] the legislature of Con-necticut for the further settlement of his account to the last day of [August?] 1790 which memorial was neglected — Whereupon your commissioner humbly [submits?] the following question, "Whether the general, shall [undecipherable] be referred to the State or that one of the officers of congress be directed to settle his accounts for this period."
[Report on the petition of N. [undecipherable]]
[signed] Pierce
Office of Army Accounts
Gentlemen New York March 20th 1793
In compliance with the direction of your honble Board of the 8th instant I beg leave to report on the petition of Moon Fount LeRoy
That he stands charged with three thousand dollars received by him from the military chest in the year 177[undecipherable] —
That he has attested that he has laid out this money for the recruiting and equipping the Troops which he com[manded] [undecipherable]
Type
Letterbook
Description
Report on the Petition of Major Faunt LeRoy, who served under Colonel Stephen Moylan's Regiment of Light Dragoons during the war.
Date
03/20/1788
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Office of Army Accounts, New York
Repository
Document number
1788032021055
Page start
349
Note
Recipient not specified, but likely Board of Treasury
Notable persons
Faunt LeRoy
John Pierce
dragoons
Stephen Moylan
Notable locations
Office of Army Accounts, New York
Notable items
Recruiting
equipment
