Account of Edward Dougherty
Document 1793Certification of service and settlement of pay for Edward Dougherty, late sergeant in the 4th Maryland Regiment.
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Dr The United States in account with Edward Dougherty late Serjt in the [undecipherable] Regt
For his pay as private from the 13. of May 1778
to the 1st of August 1779. 14 mos. 19 days
@ $3⅔ dollars ⅔ month 97 55
a ditto as Corporal from the 1st of August 1779 to
the 1st of January 1780. 5 months @
[undecipherable] dollars ⅔ month 36 67
" ditto as ditto from 1st January to 1st August 1780
7 Months @ 10 dolls ⅔ month 70 [undecipherable]
204 22
Dollars
Cr
By nominal pay received viz: 2 mos. 19 days in the
year 1778... 50/100 @ $[undecipherable]/100 for one 10 45 [undecipherable]
" ditto d° for year 1779... 50/100 @ 23⅔/100
for one 3 30
" ditto d° for months of January February &
March 1780 d° @ 60 for one 75
By interest to be certified on Interest from the
1st of August 1780 eighty 179 22
204 22
Dollars
It appears by the muster roles on the [file?] in this office that Edward Dougherty enlisted on the 13 of May [1778?] as a [private?], was appointed [Corporal?] to the 1st of August 1779, was [made?] [Sergeant?] the 1st of January 1780. John White Esqre late Adjutant [General?] of army accounts has settled his pay from the 13 of [August?] 1780.
War Department
Accountants Office
April 26th 1793
Settled in pursuance of an act of the first session of the second Congress of the United States [passed?] the 27th March 1792
[Signature: Joseph Howell?]
The Auditor of the Treasury.
Type
Document Signed
Description
Certification of service and settlement of pay for Edward Dougherty, late sergeant in the 4th Maryland Regiment.
Date
04/26/1793
Author
Recipient
Sent from
New York
Document number
1793042621010
Notable persons
Edward Dougherty
Joseph Howell, Accountant
Richard Harrison, Auditor of the Treasury
John White, Esq. late assistant commissioner 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
muster rolls
corporal


