Account of George Harkness
Document 1794Certification of service and settlement of pay for George Harkness, late Sergeant Major in the 6th South Carolina Regiment.
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Cr.
By nominal pay [undecipherable] Months in 1777 at the Rate of [undecipherable] 50
[undecipherable] for 5[undecipherable] Drs for one [undecipherable]
Dolls [undecipherable] [undecipherable] 1[undecipherable] [undecipherable] 100
[undecipherable] of 18[undecipherable] Drs @ 3 [undecipherable] to [undecipherable] for [undecipherable] 45..33
[undecipherable] of D[undecipherable] of Jany Feby 79 —
[undecipherable] the United States [undecipherable]:
Mar 79 to 1st Feby 80 11 M[onths] — 27.67
@ 10 D[ollars] [undecipherable] M[onth]
[undecipherable] 110 —
B[y] Add[itional] of the Rate from 1[undecipherable] 50
Sept 79 to 1st July 80 — 5[undecipherable]
M[onths] @ 10 Drs [undecipherable] M[onth] 187.6[undecipherable]
M[onths] @ 16 [undecipherable] Drs for one [undecipherable]
By balance to be Certif[ied] on
By Interest from the 1 July [undecipherable] 300[undecipherable] 18[undecipherable]
[undecipherable] [undecipherable] 1[undecipherable] [undecipherable] Dolls
[W. D. Accountants Office Novr 12th 1792
Settled in pursuance of an Act of
the first Session of the second Congress of the
United States of America the 27th of Novr 1792
[undecipherable] Attest]
The United States in [acct] with [undecipherable]
Dr.
To his pay from the 1st April [undecipherable] [undecipherable] 120
1777 to 1st June 1778 4 [undecipherable] Months
Ca 9 Dollars [undecipherable] Month—
[undecipherable] his [undecipherable] June 1st [undecipherable] 370
July 1791 37 M[onths] @ [undecipherable] M[onth] 496—
Dollars
[Note. The 1st July 1791 was
the day of the General Exchange
(signed) [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
the auditor of the Treasury]
Type
Document Signed
Description
Certification of service and settlement of pay for George Harkness, late Sergeant Major in the 6th South Carolina Regiment.
Date
11/12/1794
Author
Recipient
Sent from
New York
Document number
1794111221010
Notable persons
George Harkness
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 passed the 27th March 1792
General Exchange

