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Regarding an Account Settlement
05/06/1786 Author's Letterbook CopyAnswers Belding's questions as to the settlement of his account and the documentation required by the commissioner
Numbered Record Books, 1775-1798. (RG93) (M853)
Regarding advances made to troops
09/01/1786 Autograph Draft LetterThe Commissioner of Army Accounts writes the Committee of Pay Table regarding advances made by the United States to the troops of the Line of Connecticut.
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)
Regarding accounts of John McGowan
06/19/1786 Recipient's Letterbook CopyDue to sickness, the author has been delayed in regard to the accounts of the state regiment but gave properly authenticated accounts to the Council of Safety. He lost the original on the western …
Numbered Record Books, 1775-1798. (RG93) (M853)
Regarding Account of Deceased
06/17/1786 LetterbookDiscusses account with a deceased person which needs to be settled.
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)
Regarding account of Captain Matthew Scott
12/28/1786 Author's Letterbook CopyAsks the recipient to settle the account of Captain Matthew Scott. He is entitled to the difference between the $8 he received and the $10 allowed.
Numbered Record Books, 1775-1798. (RG93) (M853)
Regarding a military revolt
06/23/1786 LetterbookInforms Major James Gibbon that General Irvine was in town but was unable to give any certificate, except he believes Gibbon had no intention of resigning before the revolt of the Line, which made …
Numbered Record Books, 1775-1798. (RG93) (M853)
Recommendation for John White
11/15/1786 LetterbookThe Commissioner of Army Accounts informs John White that he can with pleasure recommend him and attest to his good character.
Numbered Record Books, 1775-1798. (RG93) (M853)
Receipts Requested
06/06/1786 Contemporary Copy of LetterInforms Capt. Dolliver that it will be necessary for him to produce the receipts of his regiment, so that the office can close his account.
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)- No image
Receipt Received
05/20/1786 Autograph LetterAcknowledgment that he has received a receipt enclosed by Hodgdon that was given to Col. Harmar by Capt. Mercer.
Post Revolutionary War Manuscripts, 1784-1811. (RG94) (M904) 
Receipt Received
03/17/1786 Autograph LetterPierce acknowledges receipt of a letter inclosing a receipt and discusses a certificate.
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)
Receipt of Moses Hazen
04/18/1786 Document SignedHazen's receipt to Pierce for the certificates of Amos Ames, a soldier in Hazen's regiment
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)
Receipt of Loan Office Certificates
05/05/1786 Autograph Draft LetterAcknowledges receipt of loan office certificates. Mentions a note he expects Mr. Mercier to receive from Canada.
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)
Receipt of certificates
07/01/1786 Recipient's Letterbook CopyAcknowledges receipt of two Certificates. The acknowledgment would have been sent more promptly had the bearer been available sooner.
Numbered Record Books, 1775-1798. (RG93) (M853)
Receipt for Certificates
02/03/1786 Recipient's Letterbook CopyThe author is sending a receipt for the Certificates received for Captain Hughes and Gilbert. The receipt should have been sent earlier but he had hoped instead to have the receipts from the two men …
Numbered Record Books, 1775-1798. (RG93) (M853)
Receipt for certificates
04/18/1786 Document SignedReceipt for four certificates issued by Pierce to Thomas Hazelton, a soldier in Hazen's Regiment, and signed over by Hazelton to General Hazen
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)- No image
Receipt for Accounts
02/28/1786 Cited letter or documentCITATION Only. Cited in Pierce to Jackson, 02/21/1788. Mentioned a receipt that Pierce required for his accounts and that he would forward it to Pierce's office
Citations 
Rations, Firewood & Clothing Allowed to Federal Troops
12/26/1786 Copy of documentExplains the rations and firewood allowed to officers, separated according to rank, and the clothing allowed to non-commissioned officers, drummers, fifers, and privates,.
Orderly Book for the Garrison at Castle Island, Boston, 1786-1787. (RG98)
Rations for officers
10/12/1786 LetterbookLetter from the Commissioner of Army Accounts to Colonel Carrington on the subject of rations for the officers of the Army.
Numbered Record Books, 1775-1798. (RG93) (M853)- No image
Questions Concerning Officer's Pay
05/09/1786 Cited letter or documentCITATION Only. Cited in Pierce to Godwin, 05/18/1786. Godwin questioned Pierce on the documentation necessary for certain officers to claim subsistence and commutation pay.
Citations 
Questions about a Paymaster's Account
03/17/1786 Autograph LetterPierce's questions regarding monies paid to Pendergast in the accounts of Joseph Clay, late paymaster to the Southern Army in the Revolutionary War.
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)
Question on a Resolve of Congress
02/05/1786 Recipient's Letterbook CopyThe author wants to know whether a recent resolve of Congress relative to the settling of Army accounts applies to his case. He has written twice and has yet to receive an answer.
Numbered Record Books, 1775-1798. (RG93) (M853)
Provision for Disabled Soldiers
02/28/1786 Letter SignedRequests information regarding action taken by New Hampshire on Congress's recommendation to make an annual provision for those officers, soldiers, and seamen disabled in the United States service in …
Presidents Letters to John Langdon, June-Dec., 1785- No image
Promotions of Maryland Continental Officers
05/17/1786 Author's Letterbook CopyPromotions of officers of the Maryland Continental Regiments; directs that a history be made of the service of the Maryland officers.
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859) 
Promotion considered
09/20/1786 LetterbookThe Commissioner of Army Accounts encloses the results of his examination into Capt. William Stuart's pretensions to promotion.
Numbered Record Books, 1775-1798. (RG93) (M853)
Procurement of Settlers
03/17/1786 Letter SignedInstructions to Potter for procuring settlers for the associates' (Pickering, Hodgdon, Coxe, and Fisher) land. Includes the terms for the settlers as to improvement of the land, the number of acres to …
Draper-James Potter Papers
