Account of Michael Ellis
Document 1793Certification of service and settlement of pay for Michael Ellis, fifer in the late 2nd Maryland Regiment.
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Michael Ellis late a [ser?] late 2d Regt Maryland (1
Dr The United States in account with
to his pay from 3d Nov 1773 to 1st Aug 1780
as for Months 29 days @ 7½ [undecipherable] half of Months
15375
By nominal pay received for 1 month 2942
pays in the year 1778 is 16706
dollars @ 6 for one - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 94
ditto for the year 1779–88 Dollars
@ 21/6 for 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4 [undecipherable]
ditto for January, February, March
1780, 22 Dollars @ 14 for one - - - - - 5[undecipherable]
By Balance to be Certified on Interest
From the 1st Aug 1780 - - - - - - - - - 14645
Dollars 15375
It appears by the documents in this [undecipherable] year
Office that Michael Ellis [undecipherable] on the [undecipherable] year
paid for the War and was discharged on
the 6th June 1783 — John White late
[Assistant] Commiss of Army Accts has settled
this pay from the 1st May 1780 to the [undecipherable]
time of his Discharge after deducting 26 90
[and?] charged by the State of Maryland
For the Auditor of the Treasury
War Department
Accountants Office
21 July 1793
Settled in pursuance of an Act of the
first Session of the Second Congress of the
United States passed the 3d March 1792
Joseph Howell [undecipherable]
Type
Document Signed
Description
Certification of service and settlement of pay for Michael Ellis, fifer in the late 2nd Maryland Regiment.
Date
07/24/1793
Author
Recipient
Sent from
New York
Document number
1793072421011
Notable persons
Michael Ellis
Joseph Howell
Richard Harrison, Auditor of the Treasury
John White
Assistant Commisioner of Army Accounts
Notable locations
War Department Accountants Office
Maryland
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
documents on file in this office
war


