Certification of Samuel Bryson's Account
Document 1791The United States in account of Samuel Bryson, late Lieutenant in the 2nd Pennsylvania Regiment.
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[No 1481
Claim of Samuel Bryson late Lieut
2d Pennsylvania
Regiment
Registered 30th
August 1791 in
Journal A page
23.]
Dr The United States in account with Samuel Bryson late Lieut in the 2d Regt of Pennsylva
Cr
Dolls Cts Dolls Cts
For one hundred dollars retained from Isaac Buyers
on Settlement of the accounts of the late 2 Reg
of Pennsylvania as accountant omitted — 100 —
By difference between 33 dolls & 1/3 pay ph for [undecipherable]
at Fort Pitt and 20 dolls & People charged on
Statement of the accounts of a [undecipherable] — 72 [undecipherable]
By Balance to be [undecipherable] Interest from the Nov 83 — dpl 16
Dolls 100 — Dolls 100 —
Pay Office 11 August 1791 Previous Stoppages were
[undecipherable] from the off— After Examination of the accounts for
Settlement of their accounts with the State that charges might
be brought against them that did not at that time appear
on the Books of the Office — Mr Bryson does not appear
to have any monies charged him but what are accounted
for. I therefore certify there is due on this account the
sum of Eighty seven dollars & 18/90 pr
Joseph Howell Jr [undecipherable]
Treasury Department
Auditors Office August 12th 93
the above Statement approved
Wm Simmons
[undecipherable]
Mr William Simmons
[undecipherable]
Auditors Office
Type
Copy of Signed Document
Description
The United States in account of Samuel Bryson, late Lieutenant in the 2nd Pennsylvania Regiment.
Date
08/11/1791
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Pay Office
Document number
1791081121001
Page start
1
Notable persons
William Simmons
Joseph Howell
John Woodside
Notable locations
Treasury Department, Auditors Office
Comptroller's Office
Pay Office
Fort Pitt
Notable items
clothing
settlement of accounts
interest
partial stoppages
books of this office

