[Pay Office Salary &Contingencies from 1 Apric to the 1 July 91 179 ⁵⁄₁₀₀ Dols] [REGISTERED. N^o 1103] State of the Account of Joseph Howell Esq^r Rec^d July 8. 1791 att^d N^o 1103 for One Hundred and Twenty Nine Dol[lar]s fifty seven [cents] Joseph Howell [Reg. D[?] N^o 3-13 Ea Mega S. G.] D^r The United States To Joseph Howell, For Salary of M^r. Lynde Catlin, from the 1^st of April to the 30 June 1791. 3 Mos. @ $500 a year Plan — Dol. 125.– For Contingencies 1791 April 16. paid Postage of public letters &c. £2. 1. May 27. " Jacob Woodward for carpenters work 2. 16. 8 June 16. " George Taber for Sundries . . . . 1^s 4. 2 between the 8^th of April & the 23^d June for 23 leather Bags & 2 linnon to transport Gold & Silver to the Army & for mending a pair of Saddle Bags . . . . 1. 6. 10½ June 28. " postage of 2 public letters . . . . 2. 4 30 " William Poyntell for Stationary £10. 11. 3 " Mich^t. Roberts for d^o . . . . 3. 8. £20. 9. 3½ = $ 54. 57 Doll^rs 179. ⁵⁷⁄₁₀₀ Auditors Office &c. July 6^th 1791 J. Nixon I do Certify that the Sum of One pound 6/10½ charged in this account for leather Bags &c. & the Sum of 2/4 for public letters. was paid by me for the purposes mentioned, for which I did not take receipts. Joseph Howell Ad^t Comptrollers Office Pay Office July 5^th 1791. July 7^th 1791 G^e. Ann^d Graham [Vouchers to J. Howels Acc^t] N^o. 3. Ap^l. 16. 1791 Postage Dol^s. 5. ⁴⁹⁄₁₀₀ public 5 ⁴⁴⁄₁₀₀ Dol^s £2. 1 – public [2 [undecipherable] from Wilmington ½ [undecipherable] public £2. 0. 7 public [undecipherable]] April 16^th 1791 On Joseph Howell — to G[undecipherable] Nixon for Postage — [for] Sundry letters £1 " 1 " 7 0 " 12 " 2 0 " 2 " 2 D. Blake Rec^d April 16. 1791 of Joseph Howell; five dollars [undecipherable] in full of the above account — G^m. Moore [Dol^s. 5. ⁴⁹⁄₁₀₀ for amount of public letters Dol^s. 3. ³⁴⁄₁₀₀] N^o. 2 Carpenters Bill £2. 16. 8 May 27. 91 7 ⁵⁷⁄₁₀₀ Dol^s 1791 May the 27 Pay office To Jacob Woodward Debtor To Making A Bookcase . . . . . . . . . . . £0 " 15 " 0 To Puting Shelves . . . . . . . . . 0 " 3[4] " 0 To Makoing one Desk . . . . . . . . 0 " 12 " 6 To Boards . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 " 17 " 6 To Nails . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 " 0 " 10 Glew . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 " 0 " 6 Springs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 " 1 " 0 Desk lock and hinges and [undecipherable] Screws & Seutchons . . . . . . . . 0 " 4 " 4 £2 " 16 " 8 [or 3?] Rec^d Philad^a. May 27^th. 1791 of Joseph Howell two pounds 16/8 in full of the above Account £2.16.8 Jacob Woodward Wm. Poytells Bill £10. 11. 3 Dol^s. 28. ¹⁶⁄₅[undecipherable] Juni 30. 1791. [paraph] Jos^h. Howell Esq^r. To Wm Poyntett 1791 May 1. To an English Medium Blank Book, r^d. for a Journal with £3 " 0 " 0 a half lines full bound & [cut?] To a Pocketknife . . . . . . 0 " 5 " 0 June 16. To an English Medium Book both bound at Edges rul^d 9 } 1 " 12 " 6 lines on a Page full bound } 23 To an Alphabet of 2 quires of English Medium rul^d 9 lines } 1 " 6 " 3 on a Page, full bound [&] gilt[?]} 27 To a 5 quire Super Royal } 4 " 7 " 6 Double rul^d Ledger } £10 " 11 " 3 June 30. 1791. Received Payment in full William Poyntett Mich^d. Roberts £3. 8. – 5 July 1791 The Pay Office of the Philadelphia United States — } To Mich^l. Roberts D^r. — 1791 April 12. 1 quire demy Cartridge pap^r. . . " 4 — June 6. 1 Ream best fc Cap paper — . . . 1. 7. 6 " 1 large Box of Wafers . . . . . . " 2. 6 — " 1 Bottle of Red Ink . . . . . . . " 2. 6 " 1 quire of blotting paper . . . . " 1. 6. 3. 1 hun^d. best quills . . . . . . . 1. " " £ 3. 8. " — Received July 5. 1791 the above in full — Mich^s. Roberts George Taber 4/2. Rec^d. June 10^th. 1791 of Joseph Howell, four Shillings & two [pence?] for a [undecipherable] plaster for the Pay Office — George Taber