Account of Benjamin Holly
Document 1795Certification of service and settlement of pay for Benjamin Holly, late private in the 3rd South Carolina Regiment.
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Dr The United States in Acct with Benjamin [Arty?] [undecipherable] late [undecipherable] [Hartsea?]
By annual hay price [of?] the State of South Carolina for 8 Months in
$78.160 — Dollars @ 4[undecipherable] for one — 24. 1
Ditto [undecipherable] for [Jan?] & [Feb?] 79 at
do [undecipherable] the United States from [undecipherable]
Mar 79 to 1 July 80 11 Months 26 —
@ 6⅔ Dollars [per?] Month 93.33
By Acct of the State from 1st
Sept 79 to 1st July 80 = 5 Months 30 in
= 5 Drs [per?] Months = /128.33 7. 63
Cr [undecipherable] 28 1/6 [undecipherable] do [undecipherable] for one —
By balance to the [Certifier?] on Interest 130 93
from the 1st August 1780 — 162.67
Department of War
Accountants Office
December 4, 1795
[signature]
21 the [undecipherable] of March 179[undecipherable] [undecipherable] Simmons
[signature]
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Dr The United States in Acct with Benjamin [Arty?] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
For his Pay from the 1st of May 1778 [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
to the 12th of May 1780 Inclusive
24 Months 10 Days @ 6⅔ Drs [undecipherable] mo 162 [undecipherable]
I have only allowed to
the Charleston [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
[signature]
the Auditor of the Treasury
Type
Document Signed
Description
Certification of service and settlement of pay for Benjamin Holly, late private in the 3rd South Carolina Regiment.
Date
12/04/1795
Author
Recipient
Sent from
New York
Document number
1795120421011
Notable persons
Benjamin Holly
William Simmons, Accountant
Richard Harrison, Auditor of the Treasury
Notable locations
War Department Accountants Office
South Carolina
Treasury Office
United States
Charleston
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 passed the 27th March 1792


