Certificate of Howell on account of Jonathan Haskell to pay deceased soldiers
Document 1795Howell notes that list of deceased men, there is sufficient balance of pay due them respectively to cover payments to each by Major Haskell.
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[Administrative endorsements, rotated:]
[undecipherable] No. 128
[undecipherable] Haskells
[undecipherable] of payment
& from [undecipherable]
[undecipherable]
Rec'd Jany 19, [undecipherable]
on board No. 20, in Acts
This Statement [undecipherable] Entry—
Bal 123 [undecipherable]
By Haskell
Major
[Endorsement:]
Maj: Haskell,
[undecipherable]
advance to his
Soldiers —
The United States to Major Jno Haskell Dr.
To pay advanced the following named Soldiers Viz:
Feb 26th 1792 Pierre Smith [undecipherable]
July 4th 1792 John S. Gilman 18 9
August 2d 1792 Joshua Lock 16 42
Feby 1st 1793 James Robinson 3 25
February 28'93 Isaac Hatch + 2 [undecipherable]
July 28th 1793 Michael Mahoney [undecipherable] 9 25
Sept 8th 1793 Corporal Josiah Clark [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] 43 1
Acopy of all dealings & Claims in Cap Haskells
Bal in Settlements to S. Turner O.M.
[undecipherable]
I certify on honor that the above account is just and
true, and that the same charged to the above named soldiers
who died in the company then under my command
[undecipherable] me as paid of their monthly pay, at a time
they were sick, and no paymaster at the post, and when each
of them had Six months pay or more due them from the
United States
Philadel. March 18th 1795 Haskell Major
[undecipherable] S. Leighton
It appears by the rolls that
the above named men are deceased & that there is
a sufficient balance of pay due to them respectively
to cover the payments to each by Maj. Haskell
the same is therefore allowed to him to be deducted
from the arrears due the Soldiers on settlement of the
Sub legionary account Dept of War
Accountants Office
March 18. 1795.
Joseph Howell Act
Type
Document Signed
Description
Howell notes that list of deceased men, there is sufficient balance of pay due them respectively to cover payments to each by Major Haskell.
Date
03/18/1795
Author
Sent from
Accountants Office
Document number
1795031821101
Page start
1
Notable persons
Joseph Howell
Major Jonathan Haskell
accountant
soldiers
Chene Smith
John S. Gilman
Joshua Lock
James Robinson
Isaac Hatch
Michael Mahoney
Sergeant Josiah Clark
E.D. Turner
paymaster
Peter Hagner
clerk
4th Sub Legion
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Accountants Office
Notable items
pay
balance
advances
rolls
payments
deduction
arrears
sub legionary account

