Account of John Harper
Document 1796Certification of service and settlement of pay for John Harper, late corporal in the 1st and 6th South Carolina Regiments.
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Dr. The United States — in account with — John Harper [undecipherable] [undecipherable] &c. —
For his pay as private from the 23 of [undecipherable] to 23 [undecipherable] 1778
Inclusive [undecipherable] m. 1[undecipherable] days a 6⅔ [undecipherable]
his pay as [undecipherable] from [undecipherable] Oct [undecipherable] to 9 [undecipherable] 1790
Inclusive 20th: 19 days [undecipherable] ⅔ [undecipherable]
111 [undecipherable]3
151 31
Dollars
263 9
By Nominal Pay R[undecipherable] from the [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
for 1777 — 62.35. at 1 [undecipherable] for 1. —
[undecipherable] for 1778 @ 2.100 @ 3 100 also for one
[undecipherable] for [undecipherable] 1779 —
[undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] from 1 [undecipherable] to 1st July
1780. 11 m[undecipherable] a 7⅓ [undecipherable] m.
[undecipherable] [undecipherable] of the [undecipherable] from [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] 80 5 m. a 7⅓ [undecipherable]
39 40
36
25
7 98
12 33
— 95
190 35
194 — 0
By Bal[ance] to be [undecipherable] on [undecipherable] account from 1st Oct. 1790 —
Dollars
263 9
Department of War
Accountant's Office
Oct 8 1790 —
[signature]
Type
Document Signed
Description
Certification of service and settlement of pay for John Harper, late corporal in the 1st and 6th South Carolina Regiments.
Date
10/08/1796
Author
Recipient
Sent from
New York
Document number
1796100821010
Note
Recipient not specified, but likely Richard Harrison, Auditor of the Treasury.
Notable persons
John Harper
William Simmons, Accountant
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


