Account of Drewry Merritt
Document 1792Certification of service and settlement of pay for Private Drewry Merritt, North Carolina Line.
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No 463
Dreury Merritt
Private in late
No Carolina Line
May 9. 1792
Dr The United States in Account with
Drs Cts
For his pay as Private from the 1st
Augt to the 1st January 1783
is 5 Mos @ 6 2/3 Dollrs
ℙ Mo. 33 33
For his ditto from ye 1st January
1783 to the 15th Novemr 1783
Inclusive — 10 Months 15 Days
@ 6 2/3 Dolls ℙ Month — 70 —
Note It appears by the
Muster Rolls of the North Carolina
Line the above named Dreury
Merritt was Inlisted for the
term of eighteen Months only
The Auditor of the Treasury.
Dreury Merritt privte in late No Carolina Line Cr
Drs Cts
By Balance to be Certified
on Interest from the 1st Jany
1783 33 33
By Balance to be Certified
on Interest from the 16th
Novemt 1783 (eighty-three) — 70 —
Office of late Army Accounts
May the 9th 1792
Settled in pursuance of an Act
of the first Session of the Second
Congress of the United States
passed the 27th March last
Type
Copy of document
Description
Certification of service and settlement of pay for Private Drewry Merritt, North Carolina Line.
Date
05/09/1792
Author
Recipient
Document number
1792050923301
Notable persons
Private Drewry Merritt
North Carolina Line
Auditor of the Treasury
United States
[Joseph Howell]
[Richard Harrison]
Notable locations
North Carolina
Office of Late Army Accounts
Pay Office
Notable items
Account
pay
dollars
cents
balance
certified
interest
settled
act of the first session of the second congress of the united states
27 March 1792
1 August 1782
1 January 1783
18 November 1783
muster rolls
enlisted
16 November 1783


