Account of Nathaniel Cleaves
Document 1794Certification of service and settlement of pay for Nathaniel Cleaves, late Lieutenant in the Massachusetts Line.
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[No 20
Mattho Cleaves
1t Massachusetts Line
February 11. 1794]
[seal]
C No The United States in Account with Nathaniel Cleaves 1t Massachusetts Line
drs cts dotts cts
To his Pay and Subsistence from 1. Jany. 1777 to the 25th Sept. 1778 as settled by Ebenezer Hancock D.P.Mr General — 572.67 Old Emis. Specie
By this sum recd of Ebenr Hancock D. PMr General — 572.67
For his Subsistence from the 19th January 1777 to the 26th August 1778 Inclusive 83 7 Weeks @ 2 dolts p Week . . . 167.14 By cash and supplies recd of Elias Boudinot Commissary Prisoners . . . 156.23
ditto ditto of John Beatty C. Gent Prisoners — 107.97
For Balance due the United States 27.26 264.20
Drs 264.20
For one Years Pay as a Supernumerary Officer allowed by Act of Congress of the 26th May 1781 – 12 Months @ 26⅔ drs p Month . . . 320 – (By Contra Balance — 97.46
By balance to be Certified on Interest from the 24th of Nov. 1778 — 222.94
Dotts 320 –
The Auditor of the Treasury — War Department
Accountants Office
February 11th 1794
Settled in pursuance of an Act of the first session of the second Congress of the United States passed the 27th March 1792 — signed (D. Howell)
Type
Document Signed
Description
Certification of service and settlement of pay for Nathaniel Cleaves, late Lieutenant in the Massachusetts Line.
Date
02/11/1794
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountants Office
Document number
1794021121001
Page start
1
Notable persons
Richard Harrison
Joseph Howell
Lieutenant Nathaniel Cleaves
Massachusetts Line
Ebenezer Hancock
Deputy Paymaster General
supernumerary officer
auditor of treasury
Elias Boudinot
commissary prisoners
John Beatty
commissary general prisoners
prisoner of war
Notable locations
Accountants Office
Massachusetts
Notable items
subsistence
pay
balance
act of congress
Revolutionary War
War for Independence
balance
second congress
interest

