Account of James Hamilton, Jr
Document 1794Certification of service and settlement of pay for James Hamilton, Jr., late Sergeant in the 1st South Carolina Regiment.
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Dr The United States in Acct with James Hamilton [undecipherable] [Sepr 2d] [late Br &] &
By nominal pay rect of the State of [South]
Carolina for 7 Months in 1777 @ 100
Dollars @ 100 Dollars for one —
Do of Do in 1778 [undecipherable] Do is 22 @ 3 for one [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] of Do from 1 Jany & [July] 79 — 27 67
[undecipherable] of the United States from [undecipherable]
Mar 79 to 1 July 80 M 110 —
Mo @ 10 Dis p Month
Do Addl of the State from [undecipherable] 50
Sep 79 to 1st July 1780 18[undecipherable] 67
5 Months @ 16 66 [undecipherable] Dps
[undecipherable] @ 16 100 Dis for one
By balance to be certified on
[Interest?] from 1 July 1781 — 3,523 35
466 [undecipherable]
[War] Department [undecipherable] 406 [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] Acct [Office?]
[undecipherable] 13th [1791?]
Settled in pursuance of an Act of [undecipherable]
the first [session] of the second [Congress]
the United States, [passed] the 27th [March]
1792.
[signed] [undecipherable]
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Dr The United States in Acct with [James Hamilton] [dis] [cts]
For his pay from the 2d of June 177[undecipherable] to
the 1st of June 1778 12 Months [undecipherable] days
@ a 8 Dis p Month — 40[undecipherable]
[undecipherable] Do from 1st June 1778 to 1st [July]
July 81 — 3 [undecipherable] 6 Dollars 370 —
40[undecipherable]
Note The 1st of July 1781 was
the day of the General Exchange
[signed] [General?] [Maxwell's?] [undecipherable]
the Auditor of the [Treasury]
Type
Document Signed
Description
Certification of service and settlement of pay for James Hamilton, Jr., late Sergeant in the 1st South Carolina Regiment.
Date
11/13/1794
Author
Recipient
Sent from
New York
Document number
1794111321013
Notable persons
James Hamilton, Jr.
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

