Account of John Hollingshead
Document 1794Certification of service and settlement of account for John Hollingshead, late major in the 2nd New Jersey Regiment.
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[N° 57]
[John Hollingshead
Major 2d Regt
New Jersey —
July 22nd 1794]
[Dr.] $ ¢
[undecipherable] in the United States
My balance of advances returned to the late Paymaster and [placed] of the War Department — — — 63.32
1 March 1783 by Monthly Pay $50 pr Month — — — — — 0
[undecipherable] from the [1st] [?] — — — — — — — — — — — 46
accrued rations from 1st January to 12th May 1783 [14] [1] [?] day [?] To $2.43 ½ — — — — 13.40
ans from 1st May [43] [1] [?] [5] July [92] $3 [?] — — — — 10.38
31st [?] May [43] [1] [34] 6½ pension — — — — — — — 42.30
By balance due the United States — — — — Dollars $42.30
War Department Accountant's Office
July 23d 1794
Joseph Howell
[signed]
Act of Limitation
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[Dr.] John Hollingshead Maj 2d Regt New Jersey
Am a Certificate granted by the late Commissary of Army Accounts for Pay from 8 August 1780
to 1st [?] December 1783 — — — 280
[undecipherable] — — — — — — — — — — — 30
[undecipherable] — — — — — — — — — — — 1
1 Months Pay in the year 1783 — — — — — [44.60]
130 Dollars 14 Coupons @ $1 per one — — — [undecipherable]
from the own accounts of the late Paymaster General for Pay of January [&] July 1783 — — [undecipherable]
Jects amount of [portion] — — — — — — — 52 p [undecipherable]
Certificate recd of the Paymr Pay — — — 60.40
master for 30 July [5] 1783 [1779] — — —
Dollars $142.30
The Auditor of the Treasury
Type
Document Signed
Description
Certification of service and settlement of account for John Hollingshead, late major in the 2nd New Jersey Regiment.
Date
07/22/1794
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Dept. Accountant's Office
Document number
1794072221301
Page start
1
Notable persons
Richard Harrison
Joseph Howell
Major John Hollingshead
Auditor of the Treasury
2nd New Jersey Regiment
commissioner army accounts
paymaster general
John Pierce
accountant
Notable locations
War Dept. Accountant's Office
New Jersey
Yorktown
Virginia
Notable items
certificate
accounts
pay
Revolutionary War
War for Independence
emissions
Battle of Yorktown
retained rations
balance
claim
act of limitations

