Joseph Howell's Certification on the account of Lewis Farmer
Document 1794Account information on pay of soldiers.
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[N° [undecipherable]38
Lewis Farmer
Lt. Colonel
13 Reg. Penn.ᵃ
Sep. 23d [undecipherable]]
Dr The United States in Accto with the Lewis Farmer Lt Col late 13 Reg Penn.ᵃ Cr
To Bounty paid sundry Soldiers enlisted for Col. Walter Stewarts Regiment —— 50
paid for Printing Advertisements blank Inlistments &c. —— [undecipherable]
1777 paid for Apprehending Deserters —— 8
[undecipherable] this sum advanced Capt Patrick Anderson 250
19. this Do Do Capt John Clark —— 250
Apr 5 this Do Do Lieut Thomas Boyde —— 250
25. this Do Do Lieut James Shatton 211.30
this Do Do Capt John Mace —— 13
2 Pair Shoes purchasd for Soldiers —— 9
Dollars 1139.60
By this sum recd of Col. Walter Stewart 750
this Do Do of Capt James Mores 300
By Balce due Lewis Farmer in Trans[undecipherable] —— 89.60
Dollars 1139.60
To Contra Balce 69[undecipherable] [undecipherable] @ 3[undecipherable] per
this sum due Colt Farmer on Acct [undecipherable] to
March [undecipherable] Certificate of the Paymaster
General 300 [undecipherable] @ 10 for one 30 ——
Dolls 69.80
Note: I do not find any thing [undecipherable]
in the Books of the late [undecipherable] Office against
Wr Farmer than what is stated on
this amount ——
(signd) J [undecipherable]
The Auditor of the Treasury
By balance to be Certified on [undecipherable]
from the 1st January 1778 —— 69.60
Wr. Accountants Office [undecipherable]
September 13 —— 1794
This claim was and barred by
a [undecipherable] of limitation
(signd) J [undecipherable]
Type
Document Signed
Description
Account information on pay of soldiers.
Date
09/23/1794
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountants Office
Document number
1794092321201
Page start
1
Notable persons
Joseph Howell
soldiers
officers
Lieutenant Colonel Lewis Farmer
auditor
13th Pennsylvania Regiment
deserters
Colonel Walter Stewart
Regiment
Captain Patrick Anderson
Captain John Clark
Lieutenant Thomas Boyd
Lieutenant James Sutter
Captain John Nice
soldiers
paymaster general
accountant
auditor of treasury
Richard Harrison
Captain James Moore
Notable locations
Accountants Office
War Department
Notable items
pay
balance
sum
emissions
claim
act of limitation
certification

