Account of Benjamin Sherburn
Document 1794Certification of service and settlement of pay for Benjamin Sherburn, late gunner in the 4th South Carolina Regiment.
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Dr The United States to [undecipherable] of the [undecipherable]
For his pay from the 1 Mar. 1[undecipherable]9[undecipherable]
to 1 July 1789. 20 Months @ 8⅔
Dollars [undecipherable] Months — 173 33
Note. the 1st July 1789 was the day of the General Exchange.
[signed] Eigods[undecipherable] Howell
the Auditor of the Treasury
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Benj. Shurburne late [undecipherable] by He[undecipherable]
[C]ommutate Pay [undecipherable] Congress [undecipherable] of the United States from 1 Nov. 79 to 1 Jan. 80
9 Months @ 8⅔ Dis[undecipherable] 7.33
[undecipherable] of the State from
to Nov. 79 to 1 Jan. 80 12
2 Mo. @ 6 D[undecipherable]s 21.33
@ 29/100 D[undecipherable]s for one
By balance to be certified on
Interest from the 1 [undecipherable] 1791 [undecipherable] 12.33
Dollars 173.33
War Department
Accountants Office
Nov. 17th 179[undecipherable]
Settled in pursuance of an Act of the first Session of the second Congress of the United States passed the 27th of March 1792
[signed] Eigods[undecipherable] Howell
Type
Document Signed
Description
Certification of service and settlement of pay for Benjamin Sherburn, late gunner in the 4th South Carolina Regiment.
Date
11/17/1794
Author
Recipient
Sent from
New York
Document number
1794111721013
Notable persons
Benjamin Sherburn
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
interest

