Account of Rufus Blodget
Document 1794Certification of service and settlement of pay for Rufus Blodget, late private in the Massachusetts line.
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[Genl Mara]
[No 72
Rufus Blodget
Private
Massachusetts
May 1st 1794]
To The United States in a/c with Rufus Blodget, late private Massachusetts
To his pay as private from [undecipherable] to the
1st [May?] 1780 5 Months 29 days
6½ Dollars per month is 37½ Dollars also
Emoluments 1.40 per one
5 Months ½ Dollars per month
To his pay from 1st [undecipherable] price at 1st [undecipherable] 1781
5 Months 6½ Dollars per month
By balance to be [carried?] on the last from
the 1st [undecipherable] 1781
[War Department
Accountants office
May 1st 1794
Letter in pursuance of an act of the [second] Congress of the
[United] States passed [February?] 1792
Jno. [undecipherable] [undecipherable]]
Type
Document Signed
Description
Certification of service and settlement of pay for Rufus Blodget, late private in the Massachusetts line.
Date
05/01/1794
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Document number
1794050121001
Page start
1
Notable persons
Richard Harrison
Joseph Howell
Rufus Blodget
Auditor of the Treasury
accountant
Massachusetts Line
General Ward
congress
Notable locations
Accountant's Office
Massachusetts
Notable items
service
settlement
pay
interest
act of congress

