Major Beatty's Account
Document 1793There are charges exhibited to Swan against Major Erkuries Beatty related to the raising and marching, and providing one month's pay, of his company in 1791 amounting to $1098.25. Beatty has lodged vouchers in the amount of $895.65 so that leaves him indebted to the US for $202.70 pending the resolution of the remainder of his account.
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[Copy of from letter to [undecipherable] Langors to [undecipherable] Accountant [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Jany 9, 1793]
Pittsburg January 9th 1793
No advances charged [undecipherable] to me by [undecipherable] Herees accountant for the maintenance & gratuities of Party for the purpose of paying land monies and for the [undecipherable] of pay on advances to the troops commanding [undecipherable] by January 1791 amounting to $1099 [undecipherable] 100 dollars.
Henry Pratt has this day [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Foreman for the [undecipherable] $985 to [undecipherable] to the [undecipherable] & [undecipherable] the charges of money, a [undecipherable] to the charge for [undecipherable] [undecipherable] widowed. [undecipherable] bills have been remitted to the United States for a balance of $212 To $400
[undecipherable] instruction to Henry Pratt for pay proceedings for [undecipherable] on the [undecipherable] books and [undecipherable] to him [undecipherable] on the [undecipherable] Bonds Half Payable [undecipherable] as for his order for his [undecipherable] to the [undecipherable] January 1793 the sum of $384 Dollars — [undecipherable] the advance of $985 [undecipherable] above leaving a [undecipherable] amount after deducting [undecipherable] maintenances and forages due on [undecipherable] and will leave a balance of 138.22 dollars due from the United States to the [undecipherable] Henry Pratt for the payment of which [undecipherable] and for the [undecipherable] of [undecipherable] [undecipherable] statements will be referred to the accounting officers [undecipherable] the war department in Philadelphia and [undecipherable] will write to Mr [undecipherable] accordingly.
I am Sir with [undecipherable] and [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Most Obt Humble Servt
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Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
There are charges exhibited to Swan against Major Erkuries Beatty related to the raising and marching, and providing one month's pay, of his company in 1791 amounting to $1098.25. Beatty has lodged vouchers in the amount of $895.65 so that leaves him indebted to the US for $202.70 pending the resolution of the remainder of his account.
Date
01/09/1793
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Pittsburg
Repository
Document number
1793010915301
Page start
4
Note
This is an enclosure to a letter from Caleb Swan to Joseph Howell dated 10 January 1793.
Notable persons
Edward Wayne
Caleb Swan
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
