Account of William Callis
Document 1792Certification of service and pay for William Callis, late lieutenant in the 4th Virginia Regiment.
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Wm Cussis Lt.
4th Regt Virginia
Decembr 20th 1792
1° The United States in acco with William Cussis lt. 4th Regt Virginia Dols Cts
To one Years pay allowed to super[numerary] Officers by the act of Congress of the 24th of November 1778. 320 dols
@ 5 for one — 64 —
By Balance to be Credited on Interest from the 24th of November 1778 seventy [undecipherable]
= 42[undecipherable]
64
War Department Accountants Office
December 20th 1792
I have carefully examined the pay bills of the 4th Regt and do not find that the Supernumerary Officers were paid [the] years pay allowed under the Act of Congress of the 24th Nov: 1778, this officer appears to have been Supernumerary in August 1778
Settled in pursuance of an Act of the first session of the last [Congress] of the United States passed the [undecipherable] last
Joseph Howell &c
The Auditor of the Treasury
Type
Document Signed
Description
Certification of service and pay for William Callis, late lieutenant in the 4th Virginia Regiment.
Date
12/20/1792
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Document number
1792122021101
Page start
1
Notable persons
[Richard Harrison]
Joseph Howell
William Callis
regiment
Auditor of the Treasury
Congress
Notable locations
Accountant's Office
Virginia
United States
Notable items
Dollars
pay
balance
interest
supernumerary
pay rolls
examination

