Accounts for the Pennsylvania Line
Document 1784Hay requests that Howell settle all accounts for the Pennsylvania line as he, Hay, will be leaving the army to become a private citizen and wishes to have his accounts in order before his departure.
100%
⇣No human transcription currently available for this document.
This transcription was generated by machine using Anthropic's Claude Code (a mix of sonnet and opus models). It may contain errors or inaccuracies. Please verify against the document image. Learn more about our generative AI methodology.
New York Augt 6th 1794
Dear Sr
I inclose I have sent you accounts of Betts and vouchers as I am informed you are appointed to audit and Settle all Public accounts belonging to the line of the State pray try to settle them for me as well as you can for my friends are suffering from them as any other Public accounts will not pay the Expence of going in Person to have them Settled There is a Copy of a Reciept of Major Wm Alexander some how or other which I suppose on mistake the Copy of Reciepts which I sent to Mr John Nicholson had Summed but what I sent I am not able to tell The Major will inform you briefly by which information you will please be Satisfied
you will find on your books 600 Dollars Charged to one which I think Dr Wigstone in 1779 by an order from Genl Washington which you will please to Credit by the amounts now Sent and Dr William Tillman and Payments to the 10th Penna Regiment as received from the Army in 1780 the Sum Delivered Exactly balanced at Present Which 2 months pay in Continental which you will please to have Settled and Deducted from my final Settlement
Notes
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Hay requests that Howell settle all accounts for the Pennsylvania line as he, Hay, will be leaving the army to become a private citizen and wishes to have his accounts in order before his departure.
Date
04/06/1784
Author
Recipient
Sent from
New York
Document number
1784040670010
Notable persons
Sam Hay
Joseph Howell
Major Wm. Alexander
John Nicholson
Genl. Washington
William Feltman, Paymaster
10th Pennsylvania Regiment
Paymaster General
Regimental Paymaster
Notable locations
New York
Pennsylvania
Milstone [?]
Notable items
accounts and vouchers
public accounts
copy of a receipt
your books
600 dollars charged to me
credit
money
two months pay in Continentals
my final settlement
line of the state
expence

