Settlement of Captain E. Bailey's Account
Document 1791An examination of Captain Bailey's account shows that a considerable balance is due the United States from him.
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[Jany. 11. 1791
to Nicholas Eveleigh Esqr.
on Capt. Beatty's balance
Mss. No. 94]
[Financial calculations — columns of figures largely illegible due to document damage and fold. Visible figures include:]
[undecipherable] — .25
51. 7. 52
[undecipherable: 36.?]
11. [undecipherable]
1. 11. [undecipherable]
5. 21[undecipherable]. [undecipherable]
[Right column:]
82 4/81
72 46
1
[undecipherable]
4/[undecipherable]
[undecipherable]
[undecipherable]
10/[undecipherable]
12. 0. 7
[undecipherable]
12. 0. 7
[Left margin, written sideways:]
Jany. 11. 1791 [undecipherable]
Capt. Beatty's Balance
13. 727. 17
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Pay Office Jany 11. 1791
Sir
On the Settlement of and the Accounts of Captain E. Beatty Paymaster to the Troops now serving on the Ohio River, there appears a balance due from him in the Sum of [strikethrough: thirteen thousand three hundred] forty two dollars $[undecipherable]
12,500 dols. in
Capt. Beatty will wait on you with Warrants issued by the late Commissioner of the Treasury being part of the Sum of $8,000 dols. issued in 1787 for and on account of Pay of [undecipherable] Regt. these Warrants you will please to direct to be cancelled and passed to the Credit of Capt. Beatty in and transmit a Certificate thereof to enable me to close his Accounts in the Books of this Office. The Residue of 882 [undecipherable]/90 I shall oppose to the pay due Capt. Beatty to the 1 Jany. 1790 —
Type
Draft Letter
Description
An examination of Captain Bailey's account shows that a considerable balance is due the United States from him.
Date
01/11/1791
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Pay Office
Document number
1791011190001
Page start
1
Notable persons
Nicholas Evereigh
unknown
Notable locations
Pay Office

