Entries of Receipts
Document 1792Receipt for pay and pay of troops.
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Received New York 6 th of November 179[undecipherable]
Received of Alanston Smith Esqr fore Hundred and Twenty Nine Dollars the amount of my pay [and?] for the months of July August & September 1792 which Sum was [undecipherable] by M Smith [undecipherable] at the accountants office in Philadelphia to deliver to me at New York
[Copy] [Reg'd] [Dep't] York
New York 6 th Nov[undecipherable]
Received of Alanston Smith Esqr [undecipherable] five dollars it being for Ninemonths Pay of [undecipherable] such Sum of [undecipherable] was received at the accountants office in Philadelphia to deliver to one at New York
the receipt is acknowledged
[Signed] [undecipherable]
New York 6 th Nov[undecipherable]
Received of Alanston Smith Esqr one Hundred and Ninety Eight Dollars it being for payment of a detachment of artillery [undecipherable] last [undecipherable] which Sum of 190 Dollars was received at the accountants office at Philadelphia by [undecipherable] Smith Esqr to deliver to me at New York —
[undecipherable] The receipt is acknowledged —
[Signed] [undecipherable]
Type
Autograph Document Signed
Description
Receipt for pay and pay of troops.
Date
11/05/1792
Author
Recipient
Sent from
New York
Collection
Document number
1792110590001
Page start
1
Notable persons
Meloneton Smith
Bezaleel Howe
Melancton Smith
Levy Hunt
Notable locations
New York
West Point, Philadelphia
New York
Notable items
dollars
pay
accountant's office
detachment of artillery
