Account of Peter Dunster
Document 1792Certification of service and settlement of pay for Peter Dunster, private in the late 6th Maryland Regiment.
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(D) the Estate of Peter Dunster late of [His?] Maryland Dolls Cts
By nominal pay received for 11 months
22 days on the Year 1777 — [undecipherable] 90
" [30?] dollars @2.90 for one 24 82
" Ditto on the Year 177[8?] [undecipherable] 50 dollars
@ [4/]90 for one 10 [24?]
" Ditto for the Year 177[9?] 80 dollars
@ [undecipherable] 90 for one 2 65
" Ditto for the months of January, [Feb?]
and March 1780 — 20 dollars
@ 40 for one 30
By Balance to be Credited on Interest
from the 1st September 1780
Jointly 238 19
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288 45
War Department
Accountants Office
October 8th 1792
Settled in pursuance of an Act of the United States passed the 27th March [undecipherable]
[signature]
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(D) the United States in Acct with the Estate of Peter Dunster
For his pay from the 10th January 1777 to
the 9th August 1780 Inclusively
43 Months 5 days @ 6⅔ dollars 288 [undecipherable]
It appears by the Muster
rolls that the above named
Peter Dunster was killed [the?]
[in?] January [17]7[7?] as he was killed
on the 16th August 1780.
The Auditor of the Treasury
Type
Document Signed
Description
Certification of service and settlement of pay for Peter Dunster, private in the late 6th Maryland Regiment.
Date
10/08/1792
Author
Recipient
Sent from
New York
Document number
1792100821010
Notable persons
Peter Dunster
Joseph Howell
Accountant
Richard Harrison
Auditor of the Treasury
private
Notable locations
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
musters in this office
indent


