Account of Joseph Brooks
Document 1794Certification of service and settlement of pay for Joseph Brooks, late private in the 3rd South Carolina Regiment.
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[Account of Joseph Brooks p[undecipherable] late B[undecipherable]. [undecipherable] of S[outh] Carolina [undecipherable]]
drs cts
By nominal pay rec[eipt] of the State of South
Carolina 9 Months in 1777 — 112 100 50
dollars @ 1 100 dollars for one — 71. 20
" ditto of do. for 1778 — 150 dolls @ 3 100 for one — 41. 43
" ditto of do. for January & February 79 — 25
" ditto of the United States from 1st of
March 1779 to 1st February 1780 [undecipherable] 65
11 Months @ [undecipherable] 6 drs [undecipherable] @ Month
ditto ditto of the State from 1st [undecipherable] 30
September [undecipherable] to the 1st [undecipherable] 128. 33
[undecipherable] 5 Mos @ 6 dols pr Mo[nth]
219 72
Dollars 340 —
By balance to be certified on Interest from
the 1st July 1783.
W.D.A. Office May 4th 94
Settled agreeable to Act of Congress of the
27th March 1792 — [signature: undecipherable] Howell
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Dr The United States in Account with Joseph Brooks p[undecipherable] late [undecipherable] of S[outh] Carolina [undecipherable]
drs cts
For his pay from the 1st April 177[undecipherable] to the
1st July 1781 51 Mos @ 6[undecipherable] dollars
pr Month — — 340
Generals Exchange July 1st 1781
[signature: undecipherable] Howell
The Auditor of the Treasury
Type
Document Signed
Description
Certification of service and settlement of pay for Joseph Brooks, late private in the 3rd South Carolina Regiment.
Date
05/07/1794
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
Document number
1794050721011
Notable persons
Joseph Brooks
Joseph Howell, Accountant
Richard Harrison, Auditor of the Treasury
Notable locations
Department of War Accountants Office
South Carolina
Treasury Office
United States
Notable items
Account
nominal pay
dollars
cents
balance to be certified on interest
settled agreeably to act of Congress of the 27th March 1792
General Exchange

