Account of Major David Hopkins
DocumentRemarks on the account of Major David Hopkins. Hopkins was overpaid in 1782.
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[Some remarks on the
Accounts of a Major Hopki[ns]
[undecipherable] [undecipherable] [fulfilment?]; [undecipherable]
by [undecipherable]]
1200
Captain Hopkins, informs that Lieut. Heard requested & has with him the Receipts for 10 Horses — Lieut now Capt. Heard informs he paid for 10 Horses average at 120 dollars = 1200
10 Men bounty of 20 dols — — 200
Keeping the Horses, Subsist. of the Men & premium for inlisting 65. [undecipherable] — —
it appears by Capt. Hopkins [undecipherable] that he has charged for all the Horses & Bounty for Men [and] [undecipherable] — it [undecipherable] presum'd that Capt. Hopkins is accountable for the Money charged to Capt. Heard by [undecipherable] Col [undecipherable] — Capt. Heard asserts he has settled his accounts with Capt. Hopkins at Baltimore.
Novem. 18. 1791 [signature]
Remarks on Major David Hopkins a/c
Settled with the US for pay as Major in the 1st Regt L. Dragoons — Credits 120 dollars recd in 1782 of the US — this is a mistake — the sum should be 100 dols recd of Lt Pete [undecipherable] to the Lt Regt — therefore 20 dols too much — also he Credits 240 dols Recd of the US in 1783 — there is also a mistake as I do not find any charge against him for that Sum — it should have been Credited the State of Pennsa as he Recd 275 dols from that State being 5 Mos pay so that 15 dols still [undecipherable] to his Debit — to be opposd either to his Subsistence or to his [strikethrough: undecipherable] [undecipherable] now producd for Settlement — if necy to write to Major Hopkins — send the letter to Baltimore — Commission dated [signature] 26 Dec. 1782 as Major in the 1 Regt [of] D. rank the 1 Jany 1781 — [undecipherable] to the end —
Notes
Major Hopkins a/c
recd. [undecipherable]
Major Hopkins informs that the receipts for Ten Horses are [undecipherable] up — to apply to Capt. John Heard then [undecipherable] for [their?] Receipt on he purchased the Horses [undecipherable]
[strikethrough: undecipherable] Major Hopkins, [undecipherable] settled with the State [of] Mary[land] for [undecipherable] sums, Indebted by him for [undecipherable] [undecipherable] to with public Monies in his hands.
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Remarks on the account of Major David Hopkins. Hopkins was overpaid in 1782.
Author
Recipient
Document number
9999999921601
Page start
4
Note
Enclosed in Howell, 11/18/1791
Notable persons
Joseph Howell
David Hopkins
Pike
paymaster
Captain John Jeurd
Notable locations
Baltimore
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Notable items
pay
credit
account
settlement


