Letter from the Commissioner of Army Accounts
Document 1790Letter from the Commissioner of Army Accounts on the subject of individual state accounts and certificates.
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Febr 25 1790
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Office of Army Accounts
New York 25 Feby 1790
Sir—
Agreeably to your request I do myself have the honor to inform you that, the States [strikethrough: have paid their quotas] of the debt of the late army in the following manner Viz: — New York [&] Connecticut [&] New Hampshire to the 1 Jan 1782 Massachusetts to 1 Jan 1781 — New Jersey, Penna Delaware & Maryland to the 1 Aug 1780 — Georgia had assumed the pay of [strikethrough: the line] to the end of the War — but on a revision of the acts of that State by the late Commrs he issued his Certificates [strikethrough: or their balances due] but whether individually to the officers [strikethrough: & soldiers] or to the State only — is uncertain — the Latter however is most probable for had the former been the case, the State Certificates would have been taken in by the Commissioner & would appear on file in this Office —
I am &c
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Commt
Type
Contemporary Copy of Letter
Description
Letter from the Commissioner of Army Accounts on the subject of individual state accounts and certificates.
Date
02/25/1790
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Office of Army Accounts, New York
Document number
1790022521101
Page start
1
Note
Partially illegible.
Notable persons
William Duer
Joseph Howell
Commissioner of Army Accounts
Notable locations
Office of Army Accounts, New York
Georgia
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Maryland
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Notable items
accounts
certificates
pay

