Account of Samuel Brown
Document 1794Certification of service and settlement of pay for Samuel Brown, late private in the 1st Regiment of Light Dragoons.
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No 53
Samuel Brown
pt 1st Regt 1st Dragoons
April 26th 1794.
The United States to Samuel Brown Private [in the] 1st Regt of Dragoons
Dr. | Dol | Cts
For his pay for the [year] 1782 | 110 | —
For his pay from the 1st January to the
16th November 1783, 10½ Months
@ 8⅓ dollars pr month | 87 | 50
Gratuity of Subsistance for such service | 80 | —
to the close of the war —
Dollars 147 [undecipherable]
Cr.
By balance to be Certified on Abstracts from
the 5th of January 1783 | 33 | 57
By an Issue of [undecipherable] 8.10 State dollars for one
Clothing account [undecipherable] | 12 | 4
4 Months Pay received in the Year 1783 | 33 | 33
By balance to be Certified on Abstracts
from the 16th November [1783?] | 18 | [undecipherable]
Dollars 147 [undecipherable]
War Department
Accountant's Office
April 26th 1794
Settled under Act of Congress of the 27
March 1792
[signed] Joseph [Howell?]
The Auditor of the Treasury —
Type
Document Signed
Description
Certification of service and settlement of pay for Samuel Brown, late private in the 1st Regiment of Light Dragoons.
Date
04/26/1794
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Document number
1794042621001
Page start
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Notable persons
Joseph Howell
Private Samuel Brown
dragoon
1st Regiment Light Dragoons
Richard Harrison
auditor of treasury
accountant
congress
Notable locations
Accountant's Office
Notable items
pay
interest
Revolutionary War
War for Independence
act of congress
certificate
gratuity

