Account of Marquis De Britigny
Document 1792Regarding the account of Lieutenant Marquis De Britigny; addressed to the Auditor of the Treasury.
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[N° 30
Lieut De Britiginy's
Acc: Settled 3 June
1792
Court at Large. —]
D° The United States in Account with the Marquis [undecipherable]
Doler &¢
For his pay as Lieutenant in the late line of the [undecipherable]
Army from the [undecipherable] of January 1779 to
The January 1781 25 Mos 5 days [undecipherable]½ [undecipherable] 017 77
Sub[tota]l 617 77
For his pay for the Year 1781 12 Mos [undecipherable]½ 320 —
For his pay for the Year 1782 12 Mos @ [undecipherable] 320 —
For Commutation of five Years full pay in
lieu of half pay for life, pursuant to
Act of Con[gres]s of the 22 March 1783
[undecipherable] Mos @ 26¾ [undecipherable] Dols & Mo 1600 —
Sir
Enclose of his firm of two thousand dollars. The Deduction [shown?] in
the Account thereunto for the sum of [undecipherable] thousand dollars, [named?]
the above named officer [for?] the purpose of defraying his expenses to [undecipherable]
Carolina where he was to commence his duty [undecipherable] a first [undecipherable]
into [undecipherable] under the Act of [undecipherable] Congress [undecipherable] admitting the sum and direct a warrant submitted — The [undecipherable]
the [undecipherable] July 1782 will qualify [undecipherable] in advance of his pay further [undecipherable]
The Auditor of the Treasury —
De Britigione, Lieutenant in the late Army of the U. States Dr.
Doler ¢s
1789
By two thousand dollars received of the Treasurer of
the U. State, on account of pay — 2000 Doll 00
Commission at 1½ for one [undecipherable] quarterly to the [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] August 117 [undecipherable]
By balance to be certified on [undecipherable] from 1 Jan[uary] [17]81 500 12
6177
By [bala] to be certified on D[itt]o from 9 Jan 82 320 —
By balance to be certified on [undecipherable] from [undecipherable] Jan [17]83 — 320 —
By balance to be certified on balance from 22 March 83 1000 —
War Department, Accountant's Office June 5. 1792 Examined
& Settled in pursuance of an Act of the first Session of the second
Congress of the United States passed the [undecipherable] of [undecipherable] March last
Joseph [undecipherable] Accountant
[undecipherable: the property]
[undecipherable] drawn by the act of [undecipherable] 90 but I do not conceive he had it
[undecipherable] is not allowed —
[signature]
Type
Document Signed
Description
Regarding the account of Lieutenant Marquis De Britigny; addressed to the Auditor of the Treasury.
Date
06/05/1792
Author
Recipient
Document number
1792060521001
Page start
1
Note
Addressed to the Auditor of the Treasury.
Notable persons
Joseph Howell
Marquis De Britigny
Lieutenant de Britigny
Auditor
Notable locations
Treasury
United States
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
Notable items
account
pay
half pay
old emissions
expenses

