Account of John Davis
Document 1792Certification of pay and service for John Davis, late surgeon in Colonel Patton's Regiment. Davis is owed 144 dollars.
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John Davis Surg°
Col° John Patton's
Reg° one of the
Additional Sixteen
Decem° 21, 1792]
Of the United States in account with John Davis Surg°
for one year's pay allowed to [undecipherable] Officers by act of
Congress the [undecipherable] Jan'y
1779 ½ dollars @ 3½ on 10 [undecipherable]
Commencing the 1st of April 1779
[undecipherable: dollars] [undecipherable: 16 60]
By Balance to be credited on
Interest from the 1st [de?] of
[April?] 1779 seventy
114
War Department
Accountant's Office
December 31, 1799
Settled in pursuance of an act
of the last Session of the second [Congress?]
of the United States [passed?] the 27th of
March last.
Joseph [undecipherable] [undecipherable: Accountant]
The Auditor of the Treasury
Type
Document Signed
Description
Certification of pay and service for John Davis, late surgeon in Colonel Patton's Regiment. Davis is owed 144 dollars.
Date
12/21/1792
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Document number
1792122121001
Page start
1
Notable persons
[Richard Harrison]
Joseph Howell
John Davis
Auditor of the Treasury
John Patton
surgeon
regiment
officers
Congress
Notable locations
Accountant's Office
Notable items
Supernumerary
pay
dollars
balance
interest