Postage for Sundry Letters
Document 1791Receipt of $5.49 for postage of sundry letters, signed by William Moore.
Vouchers to J Howels Acct No 3 1 Apl. 16. 1791 Postage Dols 5 49/100
public 5 34/100 Dols
L2.11. public (underlined)
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[Pay Office
Salary &Contingencies
from 1 Apric to the 1 July 91
179 5⁄100 Dols]
[REGISTERED. No 1103]
State of the Account
of
Joseph Howell Esqr
Recd July 8. 1791
attd No 1103 for
One Hundred and
Twenty Nine Dol[lar]s
fifty seven [cents]
Joseph Howell
[Reg. D[?] No 3-13
Ea Mega
S. G.]
Dr The United States
To Joseph Howell,
For Salary of Mr. Lynde Catlin, from the 1st 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 . . . . 1s 4. 2
between the 8th of April & the 23d 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
" Micht. Roberts for do . . . . 3. 8.
£20. 9. 3½ = $ 54. 57
Dollrs 179. 57⁄100
Auditors Office &c.
July 6th 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 Adt
Comptrollers Office Pay Office July 5th 1791.
July 7th 1791 Ge. Annd Graham
[Vouchers to J. Howels
Acct]
No. 3.
Apl. 16. 1791
Postage Dols. 5. 49⁄100
public 5 44⁄100 Dols
£2. 1 – public
[2 [undecipherable] from Wilmington
½ [undecipherable] public
£2. 0. 7 public [undecipherable]]
April 16th 1791
On Joseph Howell —
to G[undecipherable] Nixon for Postage —
[for] Sundry letters
£1 " 1 " 7
0 " 12 " 2
0 " 2 " 2
D. Blake
Recd April 16. 1791 of Joseph Howell; five dollars [undecipherable]
in full of the above account —
Gm. Moore
[Dols. 5. 49⁄100
for amount of public letters
Dols. 3. 34⁄100]
No. 2
Carpenters Bill
£2. 16. 8
May 27. 91
7 57⁄100 Dols
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?]
Recd Philada. May 27th. 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
Dols. 28. 16⁄5[undecipherable]
Juni 30. 1791.
[paraph]
Josh. Howell Esqr.
To Wm Poyntett
1791
May 1. To an English Medium Blank
Book, rd. 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 ruld 9 } 1 " 12 " 6
lines on a Page full bound }
23 To an Alphabet of 2 quires of
English Medium ruld 9 lines } 1 " 6 " 3
on a Page, full bound [&] gilt[?]}
27 To a 5 quire Super Royal } 4 " 7 " 6
Double ruld Ledger }
£10 " 11 " 3
June 30. 1791.
Received Payment in full
William Poyntett
Michd. Roberts
£3. 8. –
5 July 1791
The Pay Office of the Philadelphia
United States — } To Michl. Roberts Dr. —
1791
April 12. 1 quire demy Cartridge papr. . . " 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 hund. best quills . . . . . . . 1. " "
£ 3. 8. " —
Received July 5. 1791 the above
in full —
Michs. Roberts
George Taber
4/2.
Recd. June 10th. 1791 of Joseph Howell, four Shillings & two [pence?]
for a [undecipherable] plaster for the Pay Office — George Taber
Type
Document Signed
Description
Receipt of $5.49 for postage of sundry letters, signed by William Moore.
Date
04/16/1791
Author
Recipient
Document number
1791041621001
Page start
4
Note
Enclosed in Joseph Howell to James Graham, 07/05/1791.
Notable persons
William Moore
Joseph Howell
Notable locations
Wilmington

