Account of Thomas Waters, drummer
Document 1794Certification of service and settlement of pay for Thomas Waters, late private and drummer in the 4th South Carolina Regiment.
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Dr The United States w[ith] Thomas [Waters?]
For his pay as Private from 24 of
Sep[tem]b[e]r 78 to 9 Nov[ember] 78 1 Mo[nth]
16 days @ 4 2/3 D[olla]rs p[er] Mo[nth] — 12.72
" his D[itt]o as Drummer from 9 the
Nov[ember] 78 to 1st July 1781 31 Mo[nth]s
22 days @ 8 3[?] Dollars p[er] Month 275. 2
23 7 80
The [?] of the [?] off[ice]
was the [?] of the General Exchange
(Signed) Howell [C?]
To the Auditor of the Treasury
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3th Reg[imen]t South Carolina [undecipherable] ats [undecipherable]
By [nominate?] pay rec[eive]d of State of
South Carolina for 3 [M?] 8 days
in 78 20 Mo[nth]s @ 5 [?] D[olla]rs for one — 5. 11
Do of Do for Jan[uary] & Feb[ruary] 18. 33
Do of the United States from
1st Mar[ch] 79 to 1st Jan[uary] 80 10
Mo[nth]s @ 8 [?] D[olla]rs p[er] Mo[nth] — [undecipherable]. 67
S[ub?] Add[ition?] of the State from 28
1st Jul[y] 79 to 1st Jan[uary] 80 4
Mo[nth]s @ 15 [?] D[olla]rs for one 133. —
Do [?] p[er] Mo[nth?] 3
@ 15 [?] D[olla]rs for one [undecipherable]
D[r] balance to be Certified
on Interest from the 1st July 273.[undecipherable]
— 1781 Dollars 28. 80
— Settled in Acco[un]ts Office Nov[ember] 21st 1794
[undecipherable] from the Journal G[?] of the United States
(Signed) the 27th March 1792 — Howell [C?]
(Signed) [undecipherable]
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Type
Document Signed
Description
Certification of service and settlement of pay for Thomas Waters, late private and drummer in the 4th South Carolina Regiment.
Date
11/21/1794
Author
Recipient
Sent from
New York
Document number
1794112121010
Notable persons
Thomas Waters
Joseph Howell, Accountant
Richard Harrison, Auditor of the Treasury
Notable locations
War Department Accountants Office
South Carolina
Treasury Office
United States
Notable items
Account
nominal pay
dollars
cents
balance to be certified on interest
settled in pursuance of an act of the First Session of the Second Congress of the United States 27th March 1792
General Exchange

