Settlement of Colonel Wood's Account
Document 1791Report on the settlement of Colonel James Wood's account in regards to monies accounted to the Pay Office. Sent to the Comptroller of the Treasury.
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[Nicholas Eveleigh Compt.]
[8 Jany 1791]
[16737]
Pay Office Jan 8. 1791
It appears from the Settlement of Colo [Treasurer's?]
James Wood late of the Virginia line, with the [undecipherable] made the 31st Octor 1785
Commdg [a?] receipt for [the?] [illegible] of [being?] a [balance?] due [him?]
accounted for the [several] sums of 1800 & 20,000 Dols
rec'd by his drafts on the Contl Treasury in March [&?] Sept 177[undecipherable]
for the use of his Regiment. & 2000 Dols rec'd of Genl
Washington for the purpose of [maintaining?] [undecipherable] Stalls
[B?]rigade [undecipherable] in [Old Enys?] — There are all the monies which
he has accounted for to this office. In his [S?]ettlement
no other credit appears but the [strikethrough: non] monies he rec'd on acct
of his [pay?] [there?] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] accounts on
his [account?] taken of [strikethrough: the] charged [strikethrough: for] [undecipherable]
& [the?] [aforesaid?] [sums?] —
[undecipherable signature]
[undecipherable] Comptroller
[Attestation?] [undecipherable]
Comptroller [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
Type
Letter Signed
Description
Report on the settlement of Colonel James Wood's account in regards to monies accounted to the Pay Office. Sent to the Comptroller of the Treasury.
Date
01/08/1791
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Pay Office
Document number
1791010870001
Notable persons
Nicholas Everleigh
Joseph Howell
Colonel James Wood
Virginia Line
General George Washington
Notable locations
Pay Office
Virginia
Notable items
settlement
accounts
31 October 1785
sums
dollars
draft
Continental Treasury
March and April 1777
regiment
brigade
monies
office
account

